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Suncorp chief executive to depart

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
Suncorp Group chief executive Patrick Snowball has confirmed reports he will leave the company by the end of 2015. The news was delivered as Snowball announced group profits were up net 15% to $631 million. Profit was mostly driven by Suncorp's general ...

Ex-ANZ adviser sent to jail over $6m fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
A former ANZ financial adviser was jailed for six years and three months for defrauding over $5.9 million over a period of 20 years. Melinda Scott will serve three years and ten months in jail before being eligible for parole, the NSW District Court ...

Plato hires senior quant analyst from SSgA

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
Quantitative equities boutique Plato Investment Management has appointed a senior quantitative analyst from State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). Dr Jonathan Whiteoak will primarily be responsible for driving research into quantitative stock selection ...

Tsipras has a dream

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
"Greece has now become like herpes to the Eurozone, once you catch it you can't get rid of it." This is what I typed on this space way back in June 2011 when the Europeans were in the midst of a sovereign debt crisis with Greece at the epicentre of ...

Currency warriors, mount horses and draw swords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
"US Stocks Climb as Oil Gains, Pfizer Rises on Hospira Purchase" This was Bloomberg's take on the whys and the wherefores for the S&P 500 index's 1.0% rebound overnight after slipping by 0.4% the day before that was prompted by a 9% plunge in oil prices ...

ACSI targets a third of women on boards

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has set a target of having 30% of ASX 200 board seats occupied by women within the next three years. The initiative follows a comparatively strong year for furthering gender equality on boards. ...

CBA is top banking brand for 2014

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is the country's highest-value banking brand for 2014, according to the Brand Finance Banking 500 study. Despite a year of controversy surrounding its financial planning division, the bank has retaken the number ...

Work harder to fight negative press: AFA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
Advisers and associations need to do more to fight negative stereotypes about financial planning, argued Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox at a recent Value Alliance event in Sydney. As an example, he noted that Houghton ...

ANZ to launch $750m hybrid capital offer

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
ANZ is looking to raise $750 million through its latest hybrid issue, announced today. The bank will launch an ANZ Capital Notes 3 offer from February 5, 2015, as part of the group's capital management strategy. The offer is open to Australian investors ...

Macquarie Group upgrades profit forecast for FY15

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Macquarie Group has confirmed it expects profits to rise by 10-20% above the $1.27 billion originally announced for the year to March 2014. Cited reasons for this include the 6.5% Australian dollar depreciation since October, sales and trading volatility ...