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Investment scams most profitable

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... million reported in October, according to the ACCC's ScamWatch. Around 22,000 scams were reported in November across the country, down 16.3% from the 26,432 reported in October. Investment scams were especially damaging with Australians losing a combined ...

QMV hires technology lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... implementing new strategies and programs to maximise QMV's future business growth. Clamp joins QMV after three years as country director for Australia and New Zealand at intellectual property services and software company CPA Global. Prior to that, Jonathan ...

Chief economist update: An extra mile for a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... modelling suggests that under such an accord, Britain's GDP will be 5% lower in 15 years than it would have been had the country stayed in the EU. With no deal, the cost rises to 8%. Other forecasts are similarly gloomy. The independent Office of ...

New AMP Australia chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... Jana Investment Advisers. During Hartley's time at Sunsuper, the industry fund grew to be the fourth largest in the country and went through two mergers - with Kinetic Super and Austsafe Super. "Scott has an excellent track record in transforming ...

Damning Rio report to shake mining industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... with traditional owners to combat information asymmetry and working with traditional owners to ensure better access to country. "The finding that the tragedy at Juukan Gorge was 'inevitable' given current mining industry practices and inadequate legal ...

Investec to close Aussie business

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... allowed sufficient time for staff consultations and an orderly exit from the market," Investec Australia chief executive and country head Milton Samios said, adding the local business had performed strongly especially over the last five years. "I am ...

Chief economist update: Japan's five minutes of sunshine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... convinced that the economy's rebound can be sustained, especially given the third wave of COVID-19 infections in the country. The Suga administration's concern is underscored by the recent announcement of a third stimulus package worth around ...

Amazon Web Services expands Australian operations

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... next year, assisting the financial services industry to run applications and serve end users from data centres around the country. The AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region will join the existing Sydney region in supporting AWS customers with lower latency ...

BNY Mellon names country head

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... its Australian business. Former chief executive of boutique asset manager Glennon Capital, Paul Bolinowsky, is the new country head for Australia. Bolinowsky will be responsible for the strategic direction of the Australian investment management business. ...

J.P. Morgan names new APAC equity strategy head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... Steed's new role will see him work with J.P. Morgan's global and Asia equity quantitative strategists and fundamental country and sector heads in Asia equity research. He will also lead the marketing and branding of J.P. Morgan's Asia equity ...