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JPMorgan appoints investment banking vice chairman

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... industries, real estate, metals & mining, energy & utilities and financial institutions group practices," the investment banker said.

Fight or be beggared by the neighbours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... another interest rate cut. After all, Gov Glenn would not like Australia to be the one beggared by its neighbours. No central banker does... and that's the currency war problem.

Advice register more detailed than expected

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
The Treasury's public register of financial advisers will be more detailed than it was expected, the regulations introduced by Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg show. As expected, the regulations include the obligation for financial advisers to provide ...

Long-serving BT exec announces retirement

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
BT Financial Group's long-serving general manager of adviser distribution Chris Freeman is retiring. He will begin stepping down from his duties in the latter half of 2015, but will stay on part-time as a consultant for a further two years. As he transitions ...

Challenger nabs CBA exec for top funds management role

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
Challenger has appointed the new chief executive for its funds management division from Commonwealth Bank (CBA). CBA group executive of institutional banking and markets Ian Saines has been appointed Challenger chief executive of funds management, Challenger ...

CBA is top banking brand for 2014

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... brands for value added. The Banking 500 study tracks global brand valuation in league tables and will be published in The Banker's February issue. After CBA and ANZ, the next three highest-value Australian brands were Westpac, NAB, and Macquarie.

When Harry met Sally syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... exporting their economic weakness and their deflationary circumstance next door. And by the looks of it, every central banker is looking to America to import the ills and evils in their respective economies. But with the latest stats showing that US ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
This year has been another busy one for the financial servives industry. FoFA remained on the radar and the Financial System Inquiry has the potential to change things in a big way. The Financial Standard team takes a look at the issues that made waves ...

Medcraft furious over "absolutely appalling" advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... "absolutely appalling" fact that Australians can't trust their financial advisers. "I am fired up because I'm a former investment banker and I've come to this very new in the last seven years," Medcraft said during an address at the National Press Club. ...

Sliding oil price would stop the slide in the oil price

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
The cartel that controls 40% of oil production - the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) - met and concluded their 166th meeting in Vienna, Australia last night. The conclusion: "...in the interest of restoring market equilibrium, the ...