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Not proud of Storm involvement: Norris

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
CBA chief executive Ralph Norris has acknowledged that the bank's involvement with Storm Financial was not something he was proud of - but hopes the processes put in place to help affected customers would ease some of their burden. Norris told an audience ...

Bears cursed by September curse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
General financial market optimism and momentum defeated the curse of September this year. Recall that on the very first day of September I wrote that, "the line of least resistance is for history to re-assert itself." Id est, worries that September ...

BNY Mellon opens for insto banking

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... suppose we are slow in doing this, having been in Australia for 30 years," said Chris Sturdy, chair of Asia Pacific at the Bank of New York Mellon, who came to Sydney for the event. Under its APRA license, the group is now a foreign authorised deposit-taking ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... Major miners and the banks were lower. ANZ Banking Group declined 29 cents, or 1.17 per cent, to $24.44, National Australia Bank lost 11 cents to $31.11, Westpac retreated 20 cents to $26.23, and Commonwealth Bank fell 23 cents to $51.87. BHP Billiton ...

Aussies follow Brits pushing advice aside

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
Australians could be following the British path of brushing financial planning aside even though many people needed guidance in improving their financial situations, according to Guardian Financial Planning. Guardian executive manager Steve Browning ...

Murphy takes over the reins at BNY Mellon

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... and other intermediaries worldwide. Before joining Macquarie, Murphy worked in the local retail funds business at Deutsche Bank and also worked across product development and marketing roles at Prudential and Citibank. "The sophistication of the Australian ...

Macq Global Investments wins mandates...

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... Series has been awarded an investment mandate from industry super fund Cbus and a nod from van Eyk. A statement from the bank said Cbus had invested a significant amount into the Scotland-based fund manager Walter Scott Global Equity fund, which is one ...

...and adds to insto sales team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... infrastructure and resources at Macquarie Capital's Private Placement Group for three years. Prior to that, he worked at Deutsche Bank in Sydney and also Barclays Capital in London. In this role, Duivenbode will be responsible for developing and maintaining ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... In economic news on Wednesday, the Productivity Commission releases its report on executive remuneration, and the Reserve Bank of Australia issues its financial aggregates data for August. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) retail trade data for ...

Westpac's Chronican joins ANZ

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
Westpac Institutional Bank group executive Philip Chronican has jumped ship to ANZ - taking up the post of chief executive Australia in November. Chronican will report to ANZ chief executive, Mike Smith. Chronican, who will be based in Melbourne, will ...