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Because I'm happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... 1.4% -- despite data showing that inflation in the biggest economy of the Eurozone decelerated to an annual rate of 0.8% in July - the lowest since February 2010 and below the ECB's 2.0% target - from 1.0% in June. This followed the previous day's ZEW ...

PROFILE: Australian Unity PFS CEO Steve Davis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
Born in Queensland and raised in Fiji, the United States and Perth, Steve Davis was a professional basketball player. But the financial services industry drew his interest and became his passion, he tells Laura Millan. Today, Davis is chief executive ...

BOQ CEO resigns for overseas role

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
BOQ chief executive Stuart Grimshaw will depart the bank at the end of August to pursue a non-banking opportunity outside Australia. Chief operating officer Jon Sutton will take over as acting chief executive from 1 September 2014. The Board is currently ...

China's winning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
"Happy days are here again The skies above are clear again So let's sing a song of cheer again Happy days are here again." -- Lou Levin It appears to be working... calling invasion, incursions, strikes or what have you's "humanitarian missions" works. ...

Challenger pinches account managers from AMP

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
Challenger has appointed two executives from AMP Capital to join its key account team following strong sales and growth in funds. Angela MacPherson and Anna Schofield joined Challenger in July as national key account managers, reporting to general manager ...

CBA, ASIC unveil details of new compensation scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has revealed the details of the new licensing conditions for its financial planning businesses after the original process to compensate victims of poor advice was found to be inconsistent. Commonwealth Financial Planning (CFPL) ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after international bourses extended their declines with investors still concerned over conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine and Argentina's debt default. At 0802 AEST on Monday, the September share ...

Van Eyk suspends redemptions on Blueprint funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
Van Eyk has temporarily suspended all applications and redemptions on one of its funds after the underlying manager unexpectedly invested in a portfolio that was not in line with the fund's strategy. The van Eyk Blueprint International Share Fund (VBI) ...

All about the slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
..."but I get up again, you're never gonna keep me down" (continued from yesterday's blurb). Small and almost flat they may be, but gains in the major indices were enough to take Wall Street up again after getting knocked down the previous day through ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street closed little changed. At 0803 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was down eight points at 5,450. Locally, in economic news on Thursday, The Australian Bureau ...