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CBA director retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016

... bank and wish him well for the future." Anderson was chief executive and director of ANZ Bank New Zealand (then ANZ National Bank) from 2003 to 2005, and is a former chief executive of the National Bank of New Zealand. His retirement is effective as ...

GSAM and Deutsche Bank back new PE firm

ALEX BURKE | TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016

... become limited partners in the launch of an independent private equity firm. Stage Capital, newly separated from the National Bank of Greece, will be backed by funds managed by the two asset managers along with "significant investment by members of the ...

Easier for as long as necessary?

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016

... expect the that "Bank Rate will need to increase over the forecast period," the rise would be gradual. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) also met and policy steady last week but stressed that it will "remain active in the foreign exchange market, in order ...

We've got the power and firepower (still)

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016

... currencies. There'll be more of 'em CBs meeting to deliberating on their monetary settings this week. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the Bank of England (BOE) are widely expected to keep their respective policies unchanged. Financial market focus ...

Who can dig a deeper hole?

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016

... September 2014 to minus 0.50% by the end of January 2015 and to minus 0.75% a month later. We now know that the Swiss National Bank and the Riskbank quickly followed suit and the ECB has taken its deposit facility rate deeper into negative (minus 0.30%) ...

Swiss franc surprise

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015

... weakest since August 2010. The currency weakened 0.5 percent to 1.0919 per euro." Speculations are that the Swiss National Bank (SNB) could follow up its recent verbal interventions with actual ones ahead of the near certainty that the European Central ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015

... central banks - US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of Japan, Bank of England, Bank of Canada, Swiss National Bank. The only problem I have is determining if markets have already bottomed or whether there's more in store before the central ...

PBOC does an SNB

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015

... the yuan has strengthened against all the other major currencies. Could it be that the PBOC is just doing a Swiss National Bank (SNB) - when it abandoned its defence of the franc early this year - in anticipation of being drowned by the flood of franc ...

Fedcident waiting to happen?

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015

... high this month (when the Greek saga went from simmer to boil) and way below the 2015 high of 22.39 (when the Swiss National Bank abandoned its defense of the Swiss franc - 15 January). Yup, the SNB brought more fear in the market - not one expected ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP | THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015

... Commonwealth Bank up 27 cents at $90.79, Westpac gaining 12 cents to $37.62, ANZ lifting 15 cents to $35.37 and National Bank 17 cents better off at $37.73. But the miners were down, with BHP Billiton 20 cents lower at $30.13, Rio Tinto down 34 cents ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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