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Industry fund appoints two directors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
An industry superannuation fund appointed two directors to its board, continuing its customer-centred focus on strategy, innovation and technology. Deirdre Wroth, a banking and wealth management executive with 28 years of experience, has been appointed ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... shed 0.81 per cent to 9,251.70 points. Milan tumbled 2.1 per cent after shares in Italy's third-largest bank, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, had to be suspended for excessive losses after announcing it was considering a capital hike. Activity in the ...

ECB QE go riding on Fed QE stop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... Asset Quality Review (AQR) based on certain stress criteria. Except for the banks that got an "F" - led by Italy's Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena whose share price fell by 22% -- it created little and temporary ripples. In one word, ho-hum or would ...

Citi appoints head of consumer banking products

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
Citi today announced the appointment of Deirdre Wroth as head of banking and wealth management products for its consumer bank in Australia. Wroth will be responsible for Citi's mortgage, deposit and insurance product teams, as well as the consumer bank's ...

Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... points. In Milan, the FTSE Mib index was down 3.36 per cent at 17,290 points amid investor jitters over troubled bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena and disappointing results from oil services giant Saipem. Madrid's IBEX 35 index slid 0.82 per cent to 8,571.90 ...

Maybe next month

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... country's lenders" (AFR) failed to dampen the markets' mood. Or is this another hit to credit raters' credibility? S&P cut Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA to BBB-minus (one notch above junk) from BBB -- its share price surged by 6.0%. Banca Carige is no ...

Govt names Foreign Investment Review chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
Brian Wilson will take over as chair of the Foreign Investment Review Board, replacing John Phillips AO who will retire on April 16 after 15 years in the role. Announced today by Treasurer Wayne Swan, Wilson has been appointed for a five-year period ...

Uncertainty here we come (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
... Greeks. At least by holding a referendum, he's democratised this pain and argue that it's the people's choice. "Vox populi, vox dei" (the voice of the people is the voice of God). That may be, but what is certain is that this latest twist in the plot ...

BHP anticipates global carbon price

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
Marius Kloppers, chief executive officer of BHP Billiton, discussed at a key industry event yesterday the impending impact of a global carbon price being set and what effect this will have on companies such as BHP Billiton. "Economies like ours, with ...

Rules, rules, rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
Do you know what Moses did when God handed him the Ten Commandments? He squatted beside the burning bush, placed both hands on his face and cried, "Rules, rules, rules... too many rules!" But unlike Moses, America's biggest banks are not squatting and ...