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MetLife makes two senior hires

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
MetLife has appointed a senior manager, innovation and a head of Melbourne office. New innovation manager Brenton Charnley joins Metlife from KPMG Australia, where he held the same role. He has held several other management and consulting roles with ...

AZ NGA signs twelfth firm

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... officer said: "Sterling Planners are a natural fit for AZ NGA as they are specialists operating at the top of their field. Brent, Julie, Nic and the team have remained at the forefront of the pension market for many years. They have also developed a ...

ETF Securities closes 10 ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... growing ETF sector. The ETFS Agriculture, All Commodities, Copper, Corn, Natural Gas, Grain, Industrialised Metals, Energy, Brent Crude and Wheat funds have all been wound up. The largest of the closures was the Brent Crude fund, with $1.05 million invested ...

It's "whatever it takes" time again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... latest Eurozone inflation figures show consumer prices moving in the right direction. Continued price gains are now at risk. Brent oil was fetching US$42 a barrel and WTI oil US$41.08 when the announced the "disappointing" stimulus measures on the 3rd ...

Fed's plan slips on oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... the continued slide in oil prices. As at last night, WTI oil's down 28% to US$26.55 a barrel from its 2015 closing level; Brent oil's down 25% to US$27.77 per barrel. The present financial market turmoil has already prompted safe-haven buying of the ...

Drown baby, drown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... before sanctions were imposed, sending oil prices down to fresh 12-year lows - WTI oil down 1.8% to US$29.42/barrel and Brent oil down 1.9% to US$28.94/barrel. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecast that production would increase by ...

Fidante makes key sales appointments

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... and Woodford Funds. Fidante has also appointed two business development managers for New South Wales, Steve Higgins and Brent Andal, both of whom will report to Fidante national sales manager Trent Fitzgerald. Commenting specifically on Hamilton's appointment ...

Oil slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... - the decision that sent oil prices down to 6-year lows. WTI oil dropped by 5.8% to US$37.65 per barrel and the price of Brent oil slipped by 5.3% to US$40.73 a barrel - both their lowest closings since February 2009. Most of the market "doesn't have ...

Central banks of the world, coordinate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... economy and specifically the jobs market still has some weak points to surmount. "The market views it as pretty dovish," Brent Schutte, market strategist at BMO Global Asset Management, said of Yellen's comments. "She emphasised more the slow and gradual ...