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Former Count CEO joins Chase

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
Former chief executive officer and managing director of Count Financial, Andrew Gale has joined boutique M&A advisory firm Chase Corporate together with recently retired KPMG senior partner and NSW chairman Chris Jordan AO. The two appointments represent ...

Put up or shut up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
Pa-lease stop with these nudge, nudge, wink, wink already -- and ease up on the promises and pledges while you're at it. No, I speak not to you Virginia, but it is to Ben and Mario I direct my displeasure. I've been watching the markets for decades ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
Australian shares have opened flat due to a lack of direction from the US after Wall Street was closed for a public holiday. At 1014 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 1.2 points, or 0.03 per cent, at 4,328.5 points, while the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher, following Europe's lead amid growing hopes Europe's central bank may unveil a bond-buying program this week, while investors digested poor manufacturing data. US markets were closed for a public ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
Australian stocks have opened firmer amid broad-based gains as local market players looked past a poor night on Wall Street. At 1031 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 12.6 points, or 0.29 per cent, at 4,328.3 points, while the broader ...

Barclays announces new CEO amid new investigation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
Barclays has named head of retail and business banking Anthony Jenkins new chief executive, just one day after the announcement the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) had launched an investigation into a 2008 deal with Qatar's sovereign wealth fund. Jenkins ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
The Australian market is set for a lower start on Friday as world markets dropped due to caution ahead of a highly anticipated speech by the head of the US central bank. Expectations that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would announce new economic ...

Ruling returns $62 million to MF Global customers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
Failed global derivative network MF Global's Australian customers yesterday learned they would be entitled to the distribution of $62 million of funds pursued by creditors. A ruling in the NSW Supreme Court yesterday established that the $62.7 million ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market is set to open slightly lower as investors remain timid ahead of a highly anticipated speech from US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke at the end of the week. World markets were mixed overnight, posting either slight ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after a mixed finish on Wall Street with no clear direction from economic data and investors waiting for a key speech by Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke. At 0745 AEST on Wednesday ...