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AIMA appoints new general manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... proprietary trading, derivatives, structuring and supervisory roles at Rand Merchant Bank and Macquarie Bank in Australia, South Africa and the UK. "Michael brings deep knowledge of the sector, understanding of the strategic and operational challenges ...

ATO closing in on undisclosed offshore income

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... Most people getting in touch with us are reporting accounts in Switzerland, Israel, Lichtenstein, the Netherlands, South Africa and Hong Kong, so we'll obviously be looking closely at flow of funds to those countries," Cranston said. "This really is ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
The share market has opened weaker following mixed leads overnight from overseas markets. China's best manufacturing activity data in six months helped spark gains in Australia on Monday and in base metals, but US stocks were flat while European markets ...

Former Macquarie exec to head IRESS division

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... participants, representing professional and private end users. IRESS operates in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom. Announcing the appointment today, Walsh said the new role would be focused on growing IRESS' ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... merchandise imports data for the same month. In equities news, Woolworths Holdings holds a general meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, regarding a David Jones takeover. In Australia, the market on Monday recovered from early falls to close higher as ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... Jones had jumped 73 cents, or 22.88 per cent, to $3.92 by 1200 AEST, after the company agreed to be taken over by South Africa's Woolworths for $2.15 billion. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said several factors had lifted the local bourse ...

AIA launches fitness program available via advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... Incentivising a Healthier Australia national forum. The Vitality program has more than five million members across South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, China and Singapore. The program uses research in behavioural economics to stimulate people ...

New EM bond rater proposes fresh approach

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... that include MARC from Malaysia, the CPR ratings agency from Portugal, SR from Brazil, CARE from India and GCR from South Africa. ARC has a combined 6000 clients. Choo Yee Kwan, country risk officer for OCBC Bank in Malaysia, told the Malaysian StarBiz ...

I swear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... lenders and putting them at greater risk if financial market turmoil in countries such as Turkey, Brazil, India and South Africa intensifies." And who invests in European banks? And what's the emerging market volatility doing to the yen? It's sending ...

US tapering to harm key EM countries

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... Threadneedle Investments Asia and Emerging Market Equities investment specialist Douglas Cairns said. Indonesia, India, South Africa, Turkey and Brazil will be the worst affected countries, mainly because of their current account deficit. "As we move ...