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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... multi-month lows. Caterpillar, another Dow component, shed 1.4 per cent following a downgrade by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets have closed mixed amid concerns about French public finances and uncertainty over the ...

Towers Watson shakes up manager research teams

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... Baker as global chief investment officer. Nikulina has been with Towers Watson for nine years, most recently holding the London-based role of global head of private markets research. Baker said: "We are fortunate to have someone of Luba's significant ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... "Investors have come to expect game-changers from this company and anything short of that is a disappointment," he said. LONDON - European stock markets have slumped as investors took profits while the sterling remained cowed over the uncertainty posed ...

LGsuper appoints chair to the board

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... Queensland Rail. A chartered accountant and former partner of KPMG, Morris worked in audit and corporate services in Brisbane, London and on the Gold Coast. Roebig is retiring after 19 years as chairman of the LGsuper board, a period that saw the fund ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... ahead of a three-day weekend in the US that could feature new developments on the geopolitical front," said Briefing.com. LONDON - European stocks have ended the week higher, shrugging off the impact of simmering Ukraine tensions and a profits warning ...

Retirement phase top issue for super in FSI

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... agency to be established to coordinate and promote financial services. On a less predictable not, the Pensions Institute of London made submission extolling the virtues of Government-issued longevity bonds.

Recycling the same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
Oh no! Bloody Vlad's back! Wall Street and the rest of 'em equity markets flashed red from New York to Rio and old London town as geo-political risks resurfaced following reports of Russian 'incursion' into Ukraine. That's if you believe this morning's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... of Canada's fast-food chain Tim Hortons is in part aimed at cutting its tax bill by moving its headquarters to Canada. LONDON - European stock markets have been subdued as investors tracked news from Ukraine, shrugging off gains in Asia and Euro zone ...

PROFILE: ME Bank CEO Jamie McPhee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... had the invidious pleasure of thrashing England at Lord's for the adult team, as he was diverted by a budding career at London-based merchant bank, Wallace Smith Trust Company. "I didn't know anything about banking," he says, "but the day I walked into ...

Frontier makes three key appointments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... senior consultant. She has been at Frontier since 2005, with a two-year break, during which she worked at Watson Wyatt in London. The appointment of O'Connell, who is currently on maternity leave, will bring the number of senior consultants at Frontier ...