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Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
The biggest industry moves this week are AMP's financial planning director departing after 41 years at the company and BT Financial Group hiring a new head of general insurance. Financial planning director to leave AMP - Steve Helmich will leave AMP ...

Insync with beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... they're doing and it's always above the industry average. They have exposure in the US, Latin America and China, [which are] all big markets at the end of the day." He said Australia once had companies such as Lion Nathan and Fosters delivering some ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, after Wall Street stocks rose one per cent overnight. At 0704 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up 39 points at 5,505. The Nasdaq has powered to a fresh record, easily ...

Over-reliant bank lending slows OECD economic growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... include misallocation of capital; funding investments with low profitability; magnifying the cost of implicit guarantees for too-big-to-fail banks; drawing highly talented workers away from sectors with greater productive potential; and generating boom-bust ...

SMSF investors reducing cash and shares

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors are reducing holdings in cash and term deposits and listed shares according to the latest data from OneVue. Reduction rates in these investment classes have slowed over the past two years yet they still ...

Prime Value appoints distribution head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... include the Prime Value Opportunities Fund, Prime Value Growth Fund and Prime Value Imputation Fund. "We think David can have a big impact due to his industry experience with financial advisors and understanding of retail investors," said Prime Value ...

Bank stocks push share market higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
The Australian share market is higher on strong leads from US and European markets, with the big banking stocks performing robustly in morning trade. "Obviously there are positive leads from overseas and gains in some key commodities that are supporting ...

Grexit nears, markets cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... European stocks rebounded - the Stoxx 600 index increased by 0.65% -- after Friday (minus 0.9%) and Monday's (minus 1.6%) big falls. It created "buying opportunities". Duh! Here's Reuters take: "European shares recovered in late trading and ended higher ...

EY and UTS form financial data partnership

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... interaction and retention and risk. EY and UTS signed a five year agreement in which they agree to collaborate on analytics and big data initiatives across four key areas: joint research projects; learning delivery; collaborating on the design of graduate ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
A shake-up of Westpac's leadership team and new institutional sales head at Bennelong are the biggest moves this week. Westpac restructure sees senior exec depart - Group executive of retail and business banking, Jason Yetton, is leaving the bank as ...