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UBS boosts Aust Fixed Income team

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... counter derivatives. Baylis' previous roles include senior analyst, investments in the international department of the Reserve Bank of Australia and roles at Standard and Poor's. "Ben's global and local experience as a senior market practitioner and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... cent, at $22.43 while Westpac was down 21 cents at $23.64, Commonwealth gave up 67 cents to $51.85 and National Australia Bank slid 35 cents to $26.95. The Australian dollar dropped almost one per cent immediately after the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

May day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... took US equities down. According to reports, the latest higher-than-expected inflation data from China and Germany and the Bank of England's unease over rising prices point to reduced monetary policy accommodation -- made more real by the Polish central ...

Macquarie top mandate catchers

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... Australian fixed interest, one in international fixed interest and four in alternatives. The biggest, awarded by Commonwealth Bank Officers' Superannuation Fund, was for $506 million, Rainmaker said. It went to Australian equities. But though Macquarie ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... adding most of the points, which is encouraging." There is much activity in equities news on Wednesday, with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia releasing unaudited cash earnings of around $1.7 billion, but saying that credit demand was subdued. Commonwealth ...

New Westpac chairman announced

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
Ted Evans, Westpac Chairman, has announced his decision to retire and his successor was revealed to be fellow board member, Lindsay Maxsted. Mr. Evans joined Westpac's Board in 2001 and became Chairman in 2007. "With the success of the St.George merger ...

China's HNWs hold $1.2tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
China's economy is now advancing so quickly that its high net worth sector is already worth almost as much as Australia's entire superannuation market but growing four times faster. According to research just released by global consultant Bain & Company ...

Budget bore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... countries. They've been raising interest rates almost forever to try to bring down inflation. Heck, even the European Central Bank - with all its problems and all - have raised interest rates last month because of the dreaded "I" word. And what do we ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... Management (AOFM) of $600 million of April 2020 bonds. There is much activity in equities news, however, led by Commonwealth Bank of Australia, which issues its third quarter trading update. Retailer David Jones Ltd releases third quarter sales results ...

HSBC targets planners with Asian wide product

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... broad range of Asia's fast-growing emerging markets," said Ian Collins, head of sales in Global Banking and Markets, HSBC Bank, Australia. The return on investment, which has a five-year term, is based on the performance of the Hang Seng Index, the Hang ...