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Q1 earnings expectations get rub down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... forward direction of US equities, especially in light of the recent downgrades to earnings expectations. S&P Capital IQ's Mike Thompson, for instance, expects the S&P 500 companies' net earnings to drop by 3% year-on-year for the March quarter (from ...

NSW to receive $2 billion infrastructure incentive

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... Commonwealth for its infrastructure recycling strategy, Treasurer Joe Hockey has announced. Designed to incentivise NSW Premier Mike Baird's plan to lease 49% of the state's electricity network to invest in rail and road projects, the payments come from ...

Nikko names new Australian managing director

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
Nikko Asset Management has named the man to replace Mike Davis at the head of its Australian business. Sam Hallinan will take up the role of managing director from 1 April. Hallinan was most recently general manager of investment management at NAB Asset ...

Baird to launch Sydney not-for-profit "fintech hub"

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
NSW Premier Mike Baird has announced the development of Sydney's first financial technology hub. Located at 45 Clarence St, the hub (known as "Stone and Chalk") will provide technology start-ups with, as Baird put it, "subsidised office space to collaborate ...

Advisers need to spell out actual retirement outcomes

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... then halved; a $200,000 super balance, as a result, nets someone $10,000 annually over the span of their retirement. "As Mike Tyson said, 'Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face,'" he added. "Planning needs to consider risk. We try to ...

ANZ profit up 3.6% in "tougher environment"

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... with our customer franchises in Australia, New Zealand and Asia continuing to perform strongly," said ANZ chief executive Mike Smith. "As we anticipated, 2015 is proving to be a slightly tougher, more volatile environment. We have seen some tailwinds ...

ANZ Australia CEO steps down, replacement announced

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... business lending, a stronger funding profile and high levels of customer satisfaction and staff engagement," ANZ chief executive Mike Smith said.

Nikko AM managing director resigns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
Nikko Asset Management managing director in Australia Mike Davis has announced his resignation, but will continue in his role in the meantime to assist in the transition. Davis is "planning to take a break before embarking on the next stage of his own ...

Bendigo lifts half-year cash earnings by 10.9%

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... solid result given the highly competitive, low-growth environment in which the bank is operating," said BEN managing director Mike Hirst. "We've strengthened our balance sheet with a strong Basel III-compliant liquidity position, while our capital raising ...

Oil price shock, nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
I thought that in my lifetime I would never see someone out there in this galaxy wishin' and hopin' and prayin' higher oil prices to be. (Apart from those extracting, producing, investing in and lending to oil companies and nations, that is). And oh ...