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EQT bolsters board

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
Equity Trustees has appointed an award-winning women's advocate and current RBA director to its board. Carol Schwartz has joined EQT's board as a non-executive director. Schwartz is currently a non-executive director on the boards of the Reserve ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street sneezes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... affected countries. And if these aren't enough, governments have already implemented, or are preparing, fiscal responses. Except for Hawaii boy Scott Morrison. This from Factset: "Australia remains the holdout with Prime Minister Morrison again ruling ...

Chief economist update: Aussie employment rises... but so does our unemployment rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... wrong, but at this point, I don't see what good another one or two or three RBA interest rate reductions would achieve - except blow a bubble into the stock and property markets (which would create a new set of problems). In ex-RBA governor Glenn ...

HESTA hikes default insurance cover

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
The $55 billion industry fund is hiking the cost of its standard insurance cover for most of its members, with those aged 55 to 64 years to be the worst hit. HESTA's standard insurance cover -- which eligible members automatically receive upon signing ...

Overhaul bites Deutsche Bank bottom line

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... while in the fourth quarter, non-interest expenses were €6.4 billion. Costs were reduced across all major categories except for IT expenses, which the bank argued, was all part of its transformation strategy. "Deutsche Bank's commitment to continue ...

First State Super acquires rental properties

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
First State Super has acquired 55 rental units six kilometres from Melbourne's CBD in a bid to improve housing affordability for nurses, police and firefighters. The rental properties will be offered to healthcare, aged care, disability services ...

New chief for Willis Re Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
Willis Tower Watson's reinsurance business, Willis Re, has appointed a new chief executive for its Australian arm. John Philipsz will fill the position, effective 1 January 2020, after serving as deputy chief executive since 2018. Prior to that, Philipsz ...

Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
The S&P/ASX 200 Index has broken the 7000 mark following news of Trump and China finally signing a trade deal, but analysts remain wary of the new record high. The Index gained 47 points on Thursday to finish at 7041.8, setting a new record high for ...

Investment boutique makes PIMCO hire

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
A boutique fixed income investment manager has announced the appointment of a former PIMCO leader to its investment team. Dr. Laura Ryan has nabbed the newly created role of head of research at Ardea Investment Management, tasked with building a new ...

Insurers halt sales to fire-affected areas

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
Two of the nation's largest insurers have temporarily halted sales of insurance policies to fire-affected areas in New South Wales and Victoria. Suncorp and IAG have put a temporary embargo on areas across both states in a move to stop people from panic-buying ...