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Westscheme appoints new chair

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... background in banking and capital markets, having previously worked as a stockbroker and held positions at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. She is also Deputy Chancellor of Murdoch University, and as a current and former director of the Australian ...

CFS snares Macq exec to head Bankwest Fin Advice

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
Colonial First State (CFS) has recruited a new senior executive from Macquarie private wealth for its Bankwest financial advice business. CFS has appointed Cassandra Hinze to the position of head of Bankwest Financial Advice (BWFA). Hinze joins Colonial ...

INGIM hires two for wholesale market

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... Capital Territory. Grey previously held key sales and business development roles at ABN Amro Asset Management and Commonwealth Bank. INGIM also appointed Lucie Douez as business development manager for the southern region. Douez will be based in INGIM's ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
Three cheers for September! Hip, hip! Where's the September curse everybody and his dog were warning about at the onset of the seventh moon of the year? Thirteen days into this "most awful month" for stocks and so far Wall Street has advanced in eight ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... was 14 points higher at 4,646 points, with 10,136 contracts traded. In economics news on Tuesday, the National Australia Bank is scheduled to release its monthly business survey for August. In company news, Optus Business acting managing director Rob ...

China not heading for a property bust

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Talks of a property bubble in China are overstated as the Chinese government has introduced new home ownership and lending rules to cool the market, said an investment expert. "I don't think we have a bubble yet," said Samantha Ho, investment director ...

Banks to raise capital reserves

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... they are today to avert another financial crisis - but the new rules, if adopted, could damage the smaller institutions. Bank regulators and central bankers, including chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke, gathered in Basel Switzerland and proposed ...

CB thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... Treasuries because "...the pace of recovery in output and employment has slowed in recent months." The same goes for the Bank of Japan -- maybe worse. The BOJ also kept rates on hold at 0.1 per cent at its 6-7 September meeting. But before that, it called ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... reject a tie-up with Air New Zealand on cross-Tasman flights. But the big four banks had all posted gains, with Commonwealth Bank up 34 cents at $52.83, Westpac rising 21 cents to $23.19, ANZ up 18 cents at $23.94 and National Australia Bank three cents ...

Sustainable investing gathers steam in Europe

NEWS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... or a,-729 billion, according to a survey of wealth managers and family offices conducted by Eurosif, in conjunction with Bank Sarasin and Highland Good Steward Management. That represents a growth rate of 35 per cent from two years ago, and Eurosif predicts ...