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RBA hires Women's Leadership Institute chair

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... member for a five-year period from 14 February 2017." He added: "Ms Schwartz has business experience across a range of industries which will enable her to make a strong contribution to the Reserve Bank Board. "Ms Schwartz's commencement on the Reserve ...

Brandon Capital to build largest Commonwealth VC fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... from our world-class medical research." "On all measures, Australia has one of the world's leading biomedical research industries, but unfortunately, too often, we see promising discoveries leave our shores early in development, with little value returned ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... September and August, respectively, driven by temporary shutdowns due to ongoing maintenance in oil and gas extractive industries. Year-on-year, industrial production fell by 1.1% in October - the first negative annual growth rate since December 2015's ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... September -- building & structures down 11.6%; equipment, plant & machinery down 2.5%. Capital spending in "other selected industries" also reversed course, down 1.9% over the third quarter following three quarters of growth - building & structures down ...

Australia lags in infrastructure returns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... operational efficiency from existing assets, and effectively dealing with the legacy environmental issues created by those industries." "Meanwhile in the cities the focus will be on creating sustainable and liveable urban centres, through the provision ...

New director for MyState

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... "Sibylle brings to the board a legal background and extensive experience as a non-executive director across a range of industries and we look forward to her contribution," Hampton said. Krieger is trustee of the Sydney Grammar School and a non-executive ...

Saving super from Tinder sex bots

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... funds are to retain members. "People want to engage with superannuation in a way that is relevant to them," he said. "Industries that get disrupted and lose market share are those that aren't able to capture and adjust to modelling of customer intent. ...

Australian private equity driving M&A

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... For 2017, the firm is also predicting an upswing in turnaround and transformational capital funds across a range of industries and for growth funds to likely make more investments in 'experiential' sectors such as fitness and wellness. The report suggests ...

Impact investing driving advice growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... to tilt the portfolio to try and achieve some of those outcomes." Super fund for the health and community services industries, HESTA, was a pioneer on the impact investing front and in 2015 made the biggest commitment by an Australian fund to the local ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... conditions declined to a reading of 6 in October from 8 in September but remained above its long-run average of 5 with most industries recording a deterioration: mining ( down 12), wholesale (down 10) and recreation & personal services (down 10) Retail ...