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Further board changes at Clime

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... commercial officer at Wisr and a director of related companies. His previous roles include managing director of commodities at Bank of America Merril Lynch, executive director at ABN AMRO Australia as well as positions with UBS and Citibank. "Mr Beaumont ...

Fiscal policy spurs investor confidence: Citi

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... Zealand. Nearly 80% of the delegates at the Citi Australia Investment Conference believe the terminal rate for the Reserve Bank of Australia will be 10 basis points, with just 30% believing there will be negative rates. However, 69% of investors believe ...

Keep spending and investing: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... better economic outcome in the coming months if Australians ensure they keep spending and investing, according to Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe. Lowe said the nation's recovery will depend on how willing people and businesses are ...

BOQ sells insurance business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
Bank of Queensland (BOQ) has entered into an agreement to sell its St Andrew's Insurance business to Farmcove Investment Holdings for $23 million. The bank said the sale is consistent with its refreshed strategy announced in February this year to deliver ...

Chief economist update: Get shorty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) cut the foreign exchange risk reserve ratio for forward contracts to 0% from 20% over the weekend, effectively giving its blessing to currency traders to "get shorty". The PBOC imposed the 20% risk reserve ratio ...

NZ firm hires 10 analysts in Australian expansion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... healthcare franchise at Evans and Partners and prior to that was a research analyst at Macquarie. Miliatis joins from Bank of America where she was an equity research analyst. Johnston joins from the Macquarie emerging leaders research team. Kennedy ...

Chief economist update: Budget me this Batman

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... conditions also improved but only to zero from minus six in August. The government's response has also allowed the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to conserve its almost depleted ammunition. The RBA kept domestic monetary policy unchanged at the ...

Brisbane Mater acquired for $122.5m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... decade having developed the $230 million headquarters for Aurizon at 900 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley and the $240 million Bank of Queensland anchored office project at Newstead nearby," Harrison said. Mater chief executive Peter Steer said: "We are ...

Chief economist update: Splish splash, budget cash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... of 107%; Japan, 237%; the Eurozone, 84.1%; the UK, 80.7%; Canada, 89.7%; China 50.5%. And then there's the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) which still has relatively more firepower than many of its counterparts and is "committed to do what it can ...

NAB recruits 500 in hiring spree

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... crisis in a stronger position. "This is a significant investment in new jobs and demonstrates our commitment to be the bank of choice for Australian businesses." Irvine said NAB would also work with customers and advocate for reforms to help power the ...