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AMP appoints new CFO

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
AMP has appointed Colin Storrie as chief financial officer, replacing Paul Learning who will retire. Storrie will replace current chief financial officer (CFO) Paul Leaming effective 1 January 2012. Learning will retire at the end of the year after ...

Volcker Rule could slash Wall Street incomes 25%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
Legislation in the US to rein in investment banks' ability for market making that goes against clients best interests, is proving to be more complicated than first thought. The proposal, known as the 'Volcker Rules', were proposed by economist and former ...

Former company director pleads guilty to dishonest conduct

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
A former Sydney company director faces possible jail time and a hefty fine after pleading guilty to nine charges of dishonest conduct involving investor funds worth more than $1.8 million. ASIC alleged that Simon Finnigan of Potts Point raised funds ...

UK abolishes Default Retirement Age

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
The Default Retirement Age of 65 has been abolished in the UK, which now prevents employers from making staff redundant on the grounds of age alone. Implemented in 2006, the Default Retirement Age (DRA) meant that employers could force their employees ...

Promises and plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again." (George W. Bush) Ok, stop giggling now, we all know what the former US President ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street closed up 2.5 per cent. At 0652 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 105 points at 3,984. There is no economic news expected on Tuesday. In equities ...

Australian bullion exchange to launch

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
Australian investors in precious metals will soon have their own physical local exchange with the upcoming launch of the Australian Bullion Exchange. The Australian Bullion Exchange (ABX) is an exchange for physical bullion that connects buyers and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell almost 2.5 per cent overnight. At 0654 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 95 points at 3,990. In economics news, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Smaller lenders to take brunt of Basel III reforms

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
Smaller institutions such as credit unions and building societies are likely to be hardest hit by the Basel III capital reforms, said PwC, following the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's release of a discussion paper on the subject. APRA ...

Manufacturing's Gerry Harvey moment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
Manufacturing has just had it's Gerry Harvey moment and no amount of pro-protectionist inquiries is going to help it wind back the clock to the lazy Australian economic daze of the 1950s. In January famed business entrepreneur Gerry Harvey fronted a ...