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Financial services execs gain Aus day honours

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... performing arts. Mark Johnson, former deputy chair at Macquarie Group was also awarded an AO for his contribution to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation and the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. Donald Argus, former chief executive at NAB, was ...

Sec lending to split from custody

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... from securities lending and cash collateral management. Giselle Awad, senior vice president business development, Asia Pacific at eSecLending, said increased calls for transparency and specialised expertise are prompting instos to unbundle their custodial ...

Credit Suisse appoints Aussie for asset management

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Australian, Neil Harvey, has returned to Credit Suisse as managing director and head of Asia Pacific and head of emerging markets global for its asset management business after a stint in a number of other Asia Pacific firms. Harvey comes back to Credit ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... per cent, to $27.21. Wealth manager AMP Ltd eased seven cents, or 1.06 per cent to $6.52, while takeover target AXA Asia Pacific Holdings gave up two cents to $6.63. Resources giant BHP Billiton firmed nine cents to $43.53, while rival Rio Tinto fell ...

AUI hires capital markets analyst

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... foreign exchange risk in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and US at Westfield Group. Prior to that role, he worked at AXA Asia Pacific as a treasury dealer and Orica as a group treasury accountant. He will manage the Australian Unity's debt facility covenant ...

Integration key to AXA bid

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
As the debate heats up on who will emerge as the new owner of AXA Asia Pacific, new research by Rainmaker suggests the more burning issue is how the winner would digest the acquisition - and the impact of that on the local wealth management sector. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... arm. Woodside Petroleum's $2.5 billion capital raising and the increased bid from AMP and France's AXA SA for AXA Asia Pacific also were providing stimulus to the market, he said. "I think the market's got a nice little tailwind for the day," Mr Taylor ...

AMP and AXA SA propose final offer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
AMP and AXA SA have sweetened the bid for AXA Asia Pacific, increasing the cash component of the proposal in a move that the firms said is their best and final offer. The revised proposal means AXA Asia Pacific's minority shareholders are being offered ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... cents, or 2.8 per cent, to $15.59, Brambles added eight cents to $6.45 and Westfield advanced 10 cents to $11.90. AXA Asia Pacific led the wealth managers higher, rising 20 cents, or 3.5 per cent, to $5.88. AMP added seven cents to $6.22, Perpetual jumped ...

OneVue becomes independent

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... parting was a mutual one as "it was in our interest to become independent". A long-term strategic partner based in the Asia Pacific, and which doesn't have any existing platforms, could be the next step for the firm. "The major shareholders of the company ...