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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... of a meeting of OPEC ministers to discussed the oil price crash. Woodside had eased 73 cents to $38.83 as it said it would push ahead with its $1.2 billion Persephone gas project off the West Australian coast. Santos was 35 cents, or nearly 3%, off at ...

Cormann to keep up the FoFA fight

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
The government will continue with its quest to push through amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms despite last night's crushing defeat in the Senate. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann told ABC Radio this morning that the government ...

FoFA disallowance could put industry into breach of law

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
A Senate alliance between Labor, the Greens and three crossbench Senators has pushed for a motion to disallow the Coalition's proposed changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation in a move that could put the industry immediately into ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... weighed down by the big four banks. "As long as these banks continue to struggle it will really be hard to see the market push much higher," he said. The Commonwealth Bank was down 35 cents in early trade to $81.42, while ANZ had dropped 18 cents to ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
Australia's share market has opened slightly lower, with the major banks lower and the big miners mixed. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said there had been a lack of major corporate or economic news to drive the market all week. "This ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... to 4,187.95 points. Milan gained 0.43 per cent but Madrid slid 0.17 per cent. European corporate earnings results helped push markets up solidly in early trade, recovering from losses Wednesday as global regulators fined six top European and US banks ...

No Westpac leadership changes after Gail Kelly departure

LAURA MILLAN, ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
Westpac chief executive of Australian financial services Brian Hartzer has ruled out any sweeping changes to the bank's leadership team when he takes over as top chief executiveA from Gail Kelly on 1 February 2015. At a press conference in Sydney today ...

Gail Kelly steps down as Westpac CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
Gail Kelly will step down from her role of chief executive at Westpac on February 1, 2015 to be replaced by Westpac chief executive of Australian financial services Brian Hartzer. Westpac Chairman Lindsay Maxsted said Kelly, who has led Westpac for ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following a subdued performance on Wall Street with both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P500 flat in late afternoon trading. At 0905 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures ...

Prime Super appoints fourth independent director

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... union (Australian Workers' Union) and one employer nominated (National Farmers' Federation) director. "There is a growing push in the industry to make industry super fund trustee boards more independent," Bowman said. He said Prime Super was "ahead of ...