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FEATURE: Bulldozing the infrastructure roadblocks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... as an incentive to get more reluctant states, such as Western Australia, to take the plunge. Western Australia Treasurer Mike Nahan said of the measure: "It is an interesting initiative and one worth looking at. I welcome the incentive and I like the ...

Bennelong CEO Jarrod Brown steps down

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... and head of distribution Andrew Aitken will jointly manage the chief executive function. At the same time BFM board member Mike Pratt has been appointed to the position of chairman. Pratt has been on the BFM board since 2013 and has been on the board ...

States urged to recycle infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... Services Council's John Brogden said super funds have "an appetite to invest in infrastructure". Western Australia Treasurer Mike Nahan was also positive, saying: "It is an interesting initiative and one worth looking at. I welcome the incentive and ...

Port of Newcastle leased for $1.75bn

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... is comprised of Australia's Hastings Funds Management and China Merchants, a Chinese state-owned corporation. NSW Premier Mike Baird said the $340 million of the proceeds would go towards the "revitalisation" of the Newcastle CBD. The remaining $1.2 ...

ANZ wealth division profits up 11%

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... Pacific, and to establish common infrastructure and processes that improve productivity and reduce risk, ANZ chief executive Mike Smith said. "Global Wealth continues to focus on improving the customer experience with wealth solutions increasingly integrated ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia lunch in Sydney, while Bendigo and Adelaide Bank managing director Mike Hirst is down to speak at an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia lunch in Melbourne. In Australia, the market on Tuesday ...

Baird premiership represents infra opportunity: ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has welcomed Mike Baird's rise to the role of New South Wales premier, saying it represents a "major opportunity" to progress infrastructure projects in the state. ISA, which lobbies on behalf of five of Australia's largest ...

Would Baird premiership mean 'poles and wires' sale?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
If Mike Baird becomes the new Premier of New South Wales, the privatisation of the state's electricity distribution infrastructure - the 'poles and wires' - may be back on the agenda. The sale of infrastructure assets would provide significant investment ...

PROFILE: Westpac GM of bank financial planning

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
As Mike Chesworth celebrates his 35th anniversary at Westpac, the general manager of bank financial planning looks back at a remarkably varied career in Australia's oldest bank. James Fernyhough reports. Mike Chesworth is an endangered species: he has ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... investigate the insurance industry's "perfect storm.A We also speak to Westpac's general manager of bank financial planning Mike Chesworth for our back page profile. You can read these articles on your iPad by downloading Financial Standard iPadA(C) ...