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St.George rejigs wealth business

St.George has re-organised its wealth business a decade on from its historic merger with Advance Bank, which started the group's journey towards becoming one of the largest wealth managers in the country. The wealth management and retail financial services ...

Finance is a good career move

... average. It is, therefore, an attractive industry in which to work or invest." Battellino also pointed out that over the past decade, the industry has been the fastest growing sector of the Australian economy, with the value of its output growing at ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
Following on from his comments on the need for discussions about the future of the oil industry at the forthcoming November Group of 20(G20) meeting to be held in Melbourne, Treasurer Peter Costello has added that there needs to be a widening of the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... lobby the Federal Government for a free trade agreement with China with exports to China increasing three-fold in the last decade, according to the National Farmers Federation (NFF). The NFF acknowledged that there were sensitive issues like the vulnerability ...

Daily economic report

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2006
... which has not happened since late 2002. Sentiment in the home building industry fell to the lowest point for more than a decade and the number of new permits fell to a three year low. In China the trade surplus reached US$14.6 billion in July which tipped ...

Financial Standard welcomes chief economist

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2006
Bringing with him nearly two decades of experience in the finance sector, Peter Bell has joined Financial Standard as head of investment research and chief economist. With degrees in mathematics, statistics and economics, Bell's career has spanned an ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2006
... market is expected to open lower after US stocks fell sharply in response to the fiercest Israeli-Lebanese clashes in a decade. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down 60 points to 5008 at 0737 AEST. Today, the ...

Life insurance industry no more

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2006
... from them because they were too slow to adapt to market and societal changes in the 1980s and 1990s. For example, just a decade ago 40 per cent of all super was controlled by life insurance companies but today it sits at only 23 per cent. This transition ...

AXA appoints head of underwriting

AXA has announced the appointment of a new head of underwriting operations. David Pearson steps into the role and brings with him a wealth of experienced, garnered over more than two decades in the industry. Pearson's career spans 22 years in financial ...

AMP Capital Investors appoints new portfolio manager

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2006
... spent more then six years in manager research and multi-manager portfolio construction and strategy roles. She brings a decade of investment industry experience to her new role. AMP Capital Investors' International and Future Direction Funds have swollen ...