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Two ANZ appointments for merged Asia/Pac business

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
ANZ recently announced the merging of its Asia and Pacific business under the remit of current CEO Asia Gilles PlantA(C) who will become ANZ CEO Asia Pacific. PlantA(C), who was recently given overall accountability for ANZ's retail franchise in Asia ...

Westpac calm in face of storm

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
Westpac's batten-down-the-hatches approach balance sheet management means it's better suited than its rivals to weather future financial storms. The bank is just emerging from a period of consolidation. Jobs have been cut and efficiencies made but the ...

ME Bank appoints new directors

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
ME Bank shareholders have appointed Christine Christian and Justin Milne to the ME Bank Board, at the bank's Annual General Meeting in Melbourne on 1 November. Christine Christian is well versed in credit risk management and has served in senior executive ...

A week full of question marks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... also good because this reflected the increase in the participation rate from 63.6% to 63.8% in October. The 'Wall Street Journal's' MarketBeat offered an explanation in its headline: "Good Jobs Reports = Less QE3 = Stocks Dropping". I don't think this ...

Beware greedy SMSF intermediaries

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Competition for business amid the rapid growth of the SMSF industry is in danger of diluting the quality of service for the end client, according to a number of industry professionals. India-based Sundaram Business Services has been operating in Australia ...

Bond CFDs, charting tools now on Saxo platform

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Saxo Capital Markets (Australia) Pty Ltd has added CFDs on government bonds to the existing range of asset classes available to trade, plus new charting tools to assist investors with greater information. Available on SaxoTrader, SaxoWebTrader, SmartMobileTrader ...

Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
"Stocks end lower after Fed decision." This was the title of a video from 'The Wall Street Journal' that encapsulates all the other headlines that answer the 'why' for the weak performance of those scripts on The Street last night. But what did the ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... a request for a line of credit from the EU's new bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the Wall Street Journal reported. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies jumped the next day by 1.12 per cent to close at 5870.54 points. ...

Jingling bells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... year to September - and the surge in iron ore imports - reported yesterday mark the start of a new trend. The Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch reports that the resurgence of shipments of iron ore to China "became clear in mid-September when 29 vessels--the ...

Key local appointment for Robeco

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
Netherlands-based asset management firm, Robeco, recently announced the appointment of Brett Penprase as senior sales executive in Sydney. Penprase will focus on driving institutional and wholesale sales in Australia along with bringing a high-quality ...