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Shorten urges banks to stand by staff

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten has urged Australia's banks not to fall victim to "corporate amnesia". It follows news yesterday that Westpac, which made over $6 billion in profit last year, would be slashing up to 560 jobs as part of cost ...

China on course for slowdown, not landing: Fidelity

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
Debate over whether China is in for a soft or hard landing is overplayed, according to David Urquhart, portfolio manager of the Fidelity Asia Fund. Speaking at a Fidelity briefing in Sydney this week, Urquhart pointed to recent IMF projections of 8.2% ...

Asia vital for Aus business: Harcourt

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
Australia's economic position in a global context was up for discussion at the Financial Standard's Chief Economist Forum in Sydney and Melbourne this week. Speaker Tim Harcourt, chief economist for Australian and Global Economics at the UNSW Australian ...

ASIC continues Trio crackdown

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
The investigation into the collapse of failed fund manager Trio Capital continues, with the banning of another figure with ties to the firm. Tony Maher, who changed his name from Paul Gresham, has been permanently banned from working in the Australian ...

AMP upgrades online functionality

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
AMP is the latest wealth group to upgrade its online capabilities and introduce new features to its web services, which it said will make it easier for customers to navigate the website and take control of their finances. These features include a series ...

Solaris names new resource analyst

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
Lorana Szeto will replace John Hodder who has stepped down as resource analyst at boutique equities fund manager Solaris to set up his own Private Equity Mining Fund. Hodder, who has been with Solaris since 2008, is also set to pursue "other opportunities" ...

REST and AAS sign five year deal

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
REST Industry Super has described the renewal of its contract with fund administration service provider AAS as "one of the largest deals in the superannuation industry". The five-year agreement will see AAS continue to supply REST with full administrative ...

BetaShares appoints new head of portfolio construction

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
Specialist ETF provider BetaShares has named Dr Tony Rumble in the newly created position of head of portfolio construction. Rumble's new role on the distribution team will see him lead BetaShares' asset allocation and portfolio construction strategy. ...

HESTA makes board and exec team changes

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
Health and community services super fund HESTA has made new board appointments and brought on two new managers to its executive team. Debby Blakey left her member advice role to taken on the new full-time deputy chief executive position. On the management ...

FSC chief made chair of Landcom

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
Head of the Financial Services Council John Brogden will step down from the board of the Sydney Ports Corporation in the wake of his appointment as chair of another state owned body. New South Wales Planning Minister Brad Hazzard announced on Friday ...