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GIC pockets $1.8 billion from Citi sale

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC has sold half of its 9 per cent stake in Citigroup - a deal that plumped up GIC's coffers with a $1.8 billion (US$1.6 billion) profit. A press statement from GIC, which has over $100 billion in funds under management ...

Mercer restructures outsourcing business, Walters exits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
... leader, which resulted in Walters leaving the firm. Prior to joining Mercer, Walters was head of financial planing at Citigroup and previously held positions as head of financial planning for Westpac/BT and was chief executive officer of Merrill Lynch ...

Positive surprise beats Meredith's surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
... nerves. The financial sector is stabilising and financial companies are making profits. Bank of America, JP Morgan and Citigroup will be the next big banks reporting their earnings soon. Chances are we will witness the same result. Or shall we? Yes we ...

CS appoints head of asset management Aus

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
Credit Suisse has appointed Filo Sedillo as head of asset management Australia. Sedillo previously worked at Citigroup as head of alternative investments for Australia and New Zealand. He also worked in senior institutional client management roles in ...

Up yours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... Walk on Wall Street. But the underlying trend remains up. Now let's go back to the finger - the middle one. This is Citigroup giving the 'sign' to the US government, the US taxpayers and everyone around the world still grieving over the significant erosion ...

Westpac exec joins NAB Private Wealth

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... his new role mid next month. Meanwhile NAB private wealth chief investment officer Philip Kimball, who joined NAB from Citigroup in February, will lead the division's investment strategy, research and solutions functions. Kimball will report to Hamilton. ...

Amnesty pushes for fund review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... to the Sudanese government. This warning comes after the human rights organisation announced the firm is lobbying for Citigroup to use its investments to support calls for change in Darfur. In a letter to Citigroup shareholders, Amy O'Meara, director ...

May sell or May stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
... their ankles. Then there is the 'stress test', the results of which will be announced this month. Bank of America and Citigroup have earlier been reported to have failed and therefore would need additional capital infusions. Rumour is that four other ...

Sick of swines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... negative. The Wall Street Journal reported that the US government's stress test would show that Bank of America and Citigroup failed - they will both need additional capital. The Journal did not reveal how much extra capital Citigroup would need but ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... reached more than 150 in Mexico. Adding to investor worries was a media report that the Federal Reserve has advised Citigroup and Bank of America that they need to strengthen their capital following "stress tests" conducted by authorities. The mood was ...