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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... future looks brighter. Just ask NY Fed president William Dudley. According to Bill, the drop in oil prices will be good for America "will lead to a significant rise in real income growth for households and should be a strong spur to consumer spending," ...

Australia role made redundant in AMP leadership reshuffle

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
AMP Capital's Australia-based global head of infrastructure, Scott Davies, will be made redundant when a raft of leadership changes come into effect at the end of the year. Davies' departure will make way for a new global head of infrastructure equity ...

Big yawn on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... contribution and is no mean feat considering the US dollar's appreciation over the quarter and the slowing economies of America's trading partners. All these suggest that America is on its way onwards and upwards to normal organic growth - if not stronger ...

REST announces JV with US property developer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... ability to invest alongside the largest manager of residential rental properties in the US in key growth markets across America." "Importantly, this joint venture aligns with our investment objectives to deliver long-term investment performance for members ...

NAB appoints private wealth manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... mining firm Sirius Minerals where he was chief financial officer. Prior to that he was head of capital markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (Australia), where he sat on the executive committee. A qualified chartered accountant, Murray was also head ...

Bullish sentiment at 4-year high, expect zero return in six months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
So far so good. The men and women of the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) must be giving each other high fives (and down lows) at their success. In spite of the daily ups and downs, it appears to they've been able to wean Wall Street off of QE ...

Embrace rising retirement age, says futurist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... lose your brains is to stop using them," he said. "Very few people know that over the last 250 years either here or in America, the average person has worked 80,000 hours before retiring. They just took half as long to do that [200 years ago] as we do. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
The Australian share market is lower as investors sell out of the major banks. CMC markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said Westpac, which was trading ex-dividend on Monday, was the biggest drag on the bourse. "Bank ex-dividends are part ...

Aon Risk Solutions appoints exec from Allianz

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
Aon Risk Solutions (ARS) Australia has appointed Giselle Walther as its new managing director of growth strategies. Walther was previously head of corporate market management - Americas, for Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty. She has held senior ...

Paul Barrett resurfaces in partnership with Italian manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... Italian stock exchange since July 2004. The group has registered offices in over ten countries in Europe, Asia and Latin America.