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Industry marketing leaders receive top MAX Awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
First State Super, ING Direct and La Trobe Financial received the top awards at the Financial Standard MAX Forum, which took place yesterday in Sydney. The MAX Awards recognise thought leaders and innovators in sales and marketing within the financial ...

Westpac appoints national Agribusiness GM

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
Westpac has appointed a senior business banker to the role of national general manager for its agribusiness operation. Steve Hannan will take over Graham Jennings, who retired from the role of general manager of the agribusiness operation in March. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following gains on Wall Street where investors weighed continued violence in Iraq and mixed US economic data ahead of the Federal Reserve policy statement. At 0810 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price ...

Days of outstanding emerging markets returns numbered

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
The opportunity for outstanding returns from the world's developing economies may have shifted to frontier markets, according to the latest annual CREATE-Research report. Commissioned by Principal Global Investors, the report is produced from the results ...

Crime pays: Why new European GDP rules are causing a stir

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
Drugs, prostitution, arms dealing, people trafficking and contraband are usually the scourge of politicians. But new European Union (EU) rules mean these illicit industries could provide European politicians with the wiggle room they need to increase ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
Lower commodity prices and falls on overseas markets are causing the share market to lose ground, as investors see little reason to invest. Slightly better than expected jobs data also had little impact on the market, reflecting the subdued investor ...

AMP targets Asian investors with new UCITS funds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
AMP Capital has made UCITS versions of its Global Listed Infrastructure Fund and Global Real Estate Securities Fund available to institutional investors in Asia. AMP launched its new Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS platform in April 2014 with US$156 million ...

Wanted: $20bn electricity investor for NSW

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
The NSW government parliamentary caucus has agreed to a sell-off part of its state's electricity poles and wires distribution network, with an expected sale price of $20 billion to be presented to institutional investors. The agreement was reached after ...

Zurich global growth fund added to Securitor APL

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
The Zurich Investments Global Growth Share Fund has been included on Westpac-owned dealer group Securitor's approved product list. Philip Kewin, general manager retail for Zurich's life and investments business, said the inclusion reflected an encouraging ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
The share market is flat in early trade as investors take a cautious approach ahead of an anticipated rate cut by the European Central Bank. Mining and energy stocks were the main movers, due to a rise in iron ore prices and Oil Search's increased full ...