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Westpac calm in face of storm

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... looks much stronger as a result. While NAB faces years carrying the can for its ailing UK business and ANZ chief executive Mike Smith bemoans a tough economic outlook and the threat of looming bad debts, Westpac appears to be in ruder health. Excluding ...

Bank dividends under threat

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... cycle hitting again which would be a major risk to stock market performance." His comments echo those of ANZ chief executive Mike Smith who warned at last week's annual result announcement that a soft economy could lead to a rise in bad debts. Selth ...

ANZ to chase more China assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
ANZ chief executive Mike Smith was upbeat about the bank's record $6 billion profit at yesterday's annual result announcement and said the company would target further growth in Asia with acquisitions likely to follow. Smith described the 6% rise in ...

ANZ posts record profits

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... result kicks off the banks' reporting season with NAB and Westpac's results due over the next couple of weeks. Chief executive Mike Smith said that China was now the bank's third largest market in terms of earnings. "Our super regional strategy, with ...

NSW and CFS partner in first gov retail annuity bond

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... to 10 years that provides retail investors in Australia with secure payments that are linked to inflation. NSW Treasurer Mike Baird, expects what constitutes Australia's first government retail annuity bond, to be particularly appealing to Colonial's ...

Tyndall strengthens investment team

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... alternative asset management strategies to a spectrum including asset consultants, research houses and its broadening client base. Mike Davis, managing director of Tyndall AM said that in the new role, Lo Blanco will focus on the development of investment ...

CEO bonuses tumbled in 2011

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... Marius Kloppers, had a statuary pay of $11,803,992 and a realised pay of $17,343,612. The second highest paid CEO in 2011 is Mike Smith at ANZ with a statuary pay of $10,038,896 and a realised pay of 1$14,748,956. Taking the third palace for the same ...

Bendigo and Adelaide bank execs loose bonus

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... report released yesterday revealed that no short term incentives had been paid to its executives, including managing director Mike Hirst. In light of the result, no long-term incentive grants were made to senior executives in the 2012 financial year ...

IAG urges Asia focus

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... Australian companies need to seriously start looking at investing in Asia or risk falling further behind the eight ball, warns Mike Wilkins, managing director at IAG. By the year 2020, Wilkins said, middle class consumption in Asia - excluding Japan ...

Sunsuper expands nationally

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... Australia-wide." Former BT Financial Group Corporate Superannuation Consultant Peter Webster has joined Sunsuper in Perth, while Mike Cullen, most recently with Colonial First State joins the Sydney office. Two further appointments will be announced ...