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Fear not a rate rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
Uh, oh! Wall Street wobbled again at the end of last week. But nothing has changed really. Data releases remained mixed - characteristic of an economy that is at an inflection point. Over the past week, the Dow was down 0.5 per cent, the S&P 500 fell ...

Centro chief executives depart

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
Centro Properties Group has lost both its global and Australia chief executives - sparking a hunt for replacements and casting a shadow over the group's prospects. Centro announced it was looking to appoint a new global chief executive following yesterday's ...

CBA chair John Schubert retires

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia chairman, John Schubert, will retire in February 2010 and will be succeeded by current group non-executive director, David Turner. Schubert has been a member of the group's board since 1991, serving as deputy chairman ...

QIC chair Rowe exits

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
The departure of Trevor Rowe as chair and board member at fund manager QIC tops a string of senior management exits at the firm. Rowe said in a press statement that he would not be seeking another term when his current term expires in September, relinquishing ...

The dragon stumbles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
What's this? Wall Street dipped because China's stock market tumbled and commodity prices slumped? Here's Bloomberg's leader, "U.S. stocks fell for a second day as plunging Chinese shares and commodities stoked speculation that the surge in equities ...

Microsoft battles Google Docs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Financial services data in the clouds? You betcha. At least that's what Microsoft is going to do from early next year when it launches a free web-based version of its boxed software, the ubiquitous Microsoft Office. Asian, Indian and African financial ...

WA planning firm wins Telstra award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
WA-based financial planning group Addwealth has won the Telstra Business Award for Social Responsibility in Western Australia. The firm will represent WA in the national awards next month. According to the firm, it was the only financial services company ...

Former St George chief to join AMP board

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
Paul Fegan, former chief executive officer of St George, joins the AMP board as a non-executive director, effective next month. Fegan was the chief executive of St George Bank from November 2007 and managing director from February 2008 until its merger ...

Instreet BDM hires pay off

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
Instreet Investment's fund inflows have doubled to over $10 million a month since the firm hired a business development manager in Queensland and Melbourne. The firm hired Gabriel Carey and Susanne Bransgrove as senior business development managers ...

Can't swing it both ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
If it were not so serious, I would think that Wall Street's overnight fall was in commiseration to Michael's memorial. Have the green shoots withered and died and are now being buried alongside MJ? The S&P 500 fell by two 2 per cent, the Dow was off ...