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ASIC appoints two new commissioners

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... Peter Kell first joined the regulator in 1998 when he served as executive director of consumer protection and ASIC's NSW regional commissioner until 2004. Before that he was deputy chair of the Australian Competition and Consumers Commission for three ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... encouraged by a fall in weekly jobless claims, confirming a downward trend since early April. Also helping was a surge in the regional economic index of the Philadelphia branch of the Federal Reserve, showing better than expected activity in manufacturing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
... inflation - rose 6.2 per cent year-on-year in August, down from a more than three-year high of 6.5 per cent in July. Regional market sentiment was lifted by news that Slovakia's political parties had agreed to hold a new vote this week that could see ...

Asia-Pacific's HNWIs second largest in the world

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... population and 68.2% for wealth in 2010. Japan and China together were home to 68.6% of HNWIs in the region and 62.8% of regional HNWI wealth, down from 70.4% and 64.7% respectively a year before. Asia-Pacific HWNI wealth, which overtook Europe's in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... was among the weakest on the same index, trading half a cent down to 89 cents, after saying it had agreed to sell its regional radio assets to Grant Broadcasters. Qantas rose two cents, or 1.3 per cent, to $1.52 despite the airline cancelling 40 domestic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... tumble came after three days of gains that had largely ignored signs of discord in Europe over how to move ahead on the regional crisis as well as a series of poor US economic data. Germany's parliament on Thursday will weigh the July 21 rescue package ...

Westpac launches virtual planning service

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... tyranny of distance." "The technology we are using is secure, scalable and cost-effective and we plan to roll this out into regional Westpac branches using the infrastructure which is already in place," said Coombe. Mark Spiers, general manager advice ...

Sydney's financial centre ranking slips five places

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
Australia's push to become a significant regional financial centre appears to have stalled following the latest Global Financial Centre Index report that shows while Australia is improving its credentials, other cities are improving theirs more quickly. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... multi-billion-dollar move to shore up the American economy was met with worldwide disappointment. The US dollar strengthened against regional currencies as investors sought its safe-haven status after the US central bank warned of serious downside risks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... further depressed the already weak euro, which sent Tokyo shares tumbling, but a late bargain-hunting spree helped several regional indexes post small gains. However, despite the late rise there are mounting concerns Athens is close to defaulting on ...