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CBRE promotes two senior execs to head retail investments team

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
CBRE has promoted Peter Rossi and Craig O'Donnell to jointly head the firm's Australian retail investments team. Rossi and O'Donnell each have more than 25 years' experience in the retail property sector in senior agency and institutional roles. Between ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
The share market is weaker as investors sit on the sidelines ahead of important economic events overseas. Most sectors of the market were lower at noon, and trading volumes were down. Investors are waiting for a meeting of the European Central Bank ...

Ex-Deutsche Bank exec joins Woolworths board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
Woolworths has appointed Deutsche Bank's former head of corporate finance for Australia and New Zealand Scott Perkins as a non-executive director. Prior to his role as head of corporate finance, Perkins was chief executive of Deutsche Bank New Zealand ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
The Australian stock market has opened flat despite reports that Russian that are actively fighting in eastern Ukraine spooking markets overnight. All major US and European markets lost ground overnight as NATO said at least 1,00 Russian troops were ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street ended a three day winning streak. At 0649 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down three points at 5,606. US stocks fell modestly, dragged down by rising ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
The share market is flat as disappointing earnings from National Australia Bank and gold miner Newcrest offset gains in the retail and energy sectors. "Corporate results have dominated the early morning headlines," CMC Markets sales trader Niall King ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
The Australian stock market is higher following gains on Wall Street and in Europe overnight. The lift comes after gains of more than one per cent on major European indices and a smaller rise on Wall Street. Patterson's Securities economist Tony Farnham ...

MetLife refocuses on middle classes with direct distribution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
Based on the way global insurers are increasingly looking to the direct market to boost sales in developed economies, the way insurance is distributed in Australia looks set for a shake-up. In the past week it was widely reported across the Americas ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
The Australian share market is lower as investors take profits after its seven day run of gains. "Most sectors are trading in the red as there's a broad-based sell off," Bell Direct equities analyst Leanne Jones said. "Investors are taking profits and ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
Australian shares have lifted on the back of strong performances across the materials sector. BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto both rose by more than 1.5 per cent, giving a solid push to the overall share market. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said the resources ...