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Zenith hires former asset management chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
Zenith Investment Partners appointed the former chief executive of an Australian equities fund manager as its national sales manager. David Parr joins Zenith at a time the investment research firm is broadening its managed accounts capabilities, on ...

Chief economist update: Malcolm puts agricuture in the middle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... say when you say politically it would have been better for us if we had done it years ago." These are the words from Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull doing a "mea culpa" for waiting two years before establishing the Royal Commission investigating ...

Chief economist update: Australia cruising at low altitude

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
Toto, we're still in Kansas! The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) National Accounts report showed the economy grew by 2.4% in the year to the December quarter - a tad slower than the 2.5% annual growth rate recorded in the same quarter of last ...

Chief economist update: Consumers don't spend on confidence alone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... positive start to a calendar year since 2010." This is the first paragraph of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute report on Australian consumer sentiment that showed the index rising for the third straight month to 105.1 in January - optimists outnumber ...

FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... and working their way up the corporate ladder. Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) In March, then acting Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Eva Scheerlinck spoke about how profit-to-member superannuation ...

Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
Australians all let us rejoice and have ourselves a merry little Christmas! The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Labour Force report shows a sharp jump in employment in November no matter how it's measured. Look at the seasonally adjusted estimates ...

SSGA sales head lands top job, successor named

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... retail distribution was one of the top asset gatherers in 2016. The way she led retail distribution in the competitive Australian market has since been used as part of a business case study for SSGA product sales worldwide. "Our Australian business today ...

Enter the dragon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... Zealand's conduct of monetary policy). Also closer to home and perhaps, one that would have the most impact on the Australian economy, are the latest events and stats in China. First the stats, and latest China growth stats were mostly firmer: Retail ...

Boring is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... succeeding Glenn Stevens on 18 September 2016. One thing that could be said about his first year stint as head honcho of the Australian central bank is that Mr. Lowe did nothing - that is, he kept the official cash rate where he found it, at a record ...

CBA faces anti-money laundering allegations

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... million were deemed to be related to transactions connected with money laundering syndicates under investigation by the Australian Federal Police. IDMs can accept up to 200 notes per deposit, or up to $20,000 per cash transaction. CBA does not limit ...