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Changing of the guard at Russell

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... New South Wales, Australian Graduate School of Management. A native of Canada, Mr Corneil has lived and worked in Australia for more than 10 years. The management changes will take effect from January 2009.

Suncorp ripe for the picking

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... dramatically it makes the acquisition so much harder." Commonwealth Bank announced it had bought BankWest and St Andrew's Australia for $2.1 billion but it is determined the carry a substantial surplus capital and noted it is in high level, exploratory ...

CBA buys BankWest and St Andrews

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has purchased BankWest and St Andrew's Australia for $2.1 billion. Commonwealth Bank is determined to keep its strong capital position and intends to fund the purchase price by undertaking a $2 billion accelerated ...

BGIA expands insto team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... income and currency in the portfolio management and research division. Prior to that position, he worked at Skandia Australia for five years as investment analyst across alternative and fixed income investments. Brinsmead will report to BGIA head of ...

Aust and HK strengthen retail ties

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... recognition agreement. The declaration seeks to reduce regulatory duplication by allowing most funds registered in Australia for offer to retail investors in Hong Kong while making available to Australian investors similar funds authorised in Hong Kong. ...

ING Aus appoints two senior Life Risk execs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... work in the field. Meanwhile, Christine Brownfield has been promoted to head of strategy. She has been with ING Australia for over nine years including five years as chief actuary. The appointments follow a busy year for the company's Life Risk division. ...

Intech rebrands

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... future. Skandia has already changed its Responsible Entity (RE) name from Australian Skandia Limited to Old Mutual Australia for legal requirements, effective at the end of last month. However, the firm's retail brand will remain under the Skandia name. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after industrial metals and gold fell in overnight trading. At 0750 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index was down 13 points at 5,264. In company news today, Brambles ...

Mortgage arrears hit all-time high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
Arrears in Australia for securitised mortgages increased to 1.45 per cent during April, its highest ever recorded level, said Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&PRS). Securitised mortgages are those 20 per cent of mortgages where the funding is sourced ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
... including lower base metals prices overnight, a sharp fall in the price of gold, and an approaching long weekend in Australia for the Anzac Day holiday. Mr Muller said cautious outlooks from Apple and Amazon, which reported after the market had closed ...