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Pass the paracetamol

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
As nabCapital's Robert Henderson puts it, "those post-Melbourne Cup day hang-overs are about to get a lot worse for mortgage holders", and there is still a good chance of more interest rate headaches over Christmas. The Reserve Bank of Australia in ...

AMP launches new planner academy

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
AMP Financial Planning has launched two new recruitment, education and placement programs, based at their new Financial Planning Academy in St Leonards, Sydney. The two programs, dubbed Horizons and Planner Pathway, are designed to take prospective ...

FuturePlus new era after Newson exit

Wealth management group FuturePlus is on the hunt for a new chief investment officer after current CIO Terry Newson resigned. Newson joined the group as chief investment officer of FuturePlus arm Chifley Financial Services back in 2005. Prior to working ...

APRA bans former Zurich CEO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has disqualified another former Zurich chief executive officer, Malcolm Murray Jones, from directorial or senior management roles, six months after investigations concluded. Jones was a director ...

Kelly switch shifts M&A landscape

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2007
The appointment of Gail Kelly as Westpac's new chief executive is likely to change several merger and acquisition scenarios. Kelly is formally on six months leave (under the terms of her St George Bank contract) before taking the helm at Westpac in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
The Australian share market remained sharply lower at noon, after being dragged down by a US market still racked with fear about the fall out in the US sub-prime mortgage sector. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index shed 165.4 points, or 2.68 ...

BT chief Coombe explains spin-off

BT Financial Group is inundated with CVs after the group outlined plans to partially list its investment management arm, a move that gives all staff members an equity stake in the new company. The group's chief executive Rob Coombe said that resumes ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
The Australian market is set to plunge in trading today, following the dramatic falls on Wall St. At 0738 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index was down 157 points to 5,994 on a volume of 5,180 contracts. In economic news ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
The Australian share market was again a sea of red this morning after US equities ended in turmoil on Friday amid falling credit markets and concerns over US jobs numbers. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index has shed 96.8 points to 5924.2 while ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
A plunge on Wall St triggered by further jitters about the subprime mortgage market is likely to hit local stocks today, with the market expected to open the week sharply lower. At 0727 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price ...