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New players need support to enter financial services: Coles

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... larger banks have a number of commercial competitive advantages over their smaller domestic rivals, including scale of operations, funding costs, product breadth and brand recognition". The retailer noted that "competitive advantage is not in itself ...

Super Mario to the rescue (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... this purchase programme, only that, "The newly decided measures, together with the targeted longer-term refinancing operations which will be conducted in two weeks, will have a sizeable impact on our balance sheet" because "at this stage especially ...

Bravura appoints new CFO

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... team," Bravura global chief executive officer Tony Klim said. "With more than 19 years' experience in senior finance and operations roles, predominantly within the IT and professional services industry sectors, his extensive knowledge and expertise will ...

NAB to float US subsidiary

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... Australia Bank will float its US subsidiary Great Western Bank as it looks to focus on its core Australian and New Zealand operations. NAB expects to sell a minority stake in Great Western Bank through an initial public offering during the fourth quarter ...

TAL appoints new chair, Thomas to retire

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... culture that has developed," Thomas said. Boyle previously served as the chief executive officer of the United Kingdom operations of Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance (RSA) from 2002 to 2006, following over 30 years' experience in the insurance industry ...

IRESS co-founder departs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... current skillset and bring experience reflecting IRESS' business context, which today includes significant international operations."

NAB quarterly profit up 7%

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... and Australian business loan growth improved in what is traditionally a stronger quarter." Thorburn said that NAB's operations in the United Kingdom "still face a number of challenges" and he expects that the group "will need to take further provisions ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... announced the $810 million share placement, along with the float of its Australian mortgage lenders mortgage insurance operations after unveiling an 18 per cent slide in its first half profit.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... $11.11 after it posted a $2.2 billion full year loss due to $2.4 billion in asset impairments, mainly on its Lihir operations in Papua New Guinea. NAB was down 45 cents at $34.24 as it warned it faces another STG245 million hit to its books from its ...

Suncorp CEO rewarded for profit growth

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... three years, as the company's profits and returns to shareholders also grew. Growth in Suncorp's insurance and banking operations boosted its 2013/14 annual profit by 49% to $730 million, as the company lifted insurance premiums, incurred lower claims ...