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Good or bad, it's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
I had pancakes for breakfast. So was everyone else tuned in to overnight trading activity on Wall Street. The S&P 500 index closed flat -- ok, ok... an itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie minus 0.01% if one must be pedantic about it -- after declining by as much ...

BNP, US prosecutors near $US9bn settlement

AFP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
BNP Paribas has neared a deal with US prosecutors that would see the French bank pay $US8 billion to $US9 billion and accept other punitive measures for violating American sanctions, The Wall Street Journal reports. US regulators and BNP Paribas executives ...

ASIC bans former PIS and AMP advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
Former Professional Investment Services (PIS) and AMP Financial Planning advisers have been banned from financial services. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) took action against AMP Financial Planning adviser Roy Whye Wah Moo ...

Future Fund staff bonuses stun public sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
Furore has erupted among the commonwealth bureaucracy following publication of the performance bonuses received by staff employed at the Future Fund Management Agency. While details of the bonuses were disclosed in the FFMA 2012-13 annual report they ...

Industry marketing leaders receive top MAX Awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
First State Super, ING Direct and La Trobe Financial received the top awards at the Financial Standard MAX Forum, which took place yesterday in Sydney. The MAX Awards recognise thought leaders and innovators in sales and marketing within the financial ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
Who said you can't teach new tricks to an old dog? So sowee, I'm not in any way calling dear Aunt Janet Yellen a dog and most certainly not old... it's just that it's the first thing that came to my fast thinning scalp when I was clicking over what ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of investor services Henry Capra

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
Henry Capra Eight months into his role as managing director and head of investor services at J.P. Morgan, Henry Capra talks to James Fernyhough about the increasingly competitive world of the custodian. That Henry Capra was born in Italy to Italian ...

Bank ads confusing: research

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
Most Australians find bank advertisements confusing or misleading with very few people understanding the financial content, new research by People's Choice Credit Union reveals. The survey of 1520 people conducted by the Ehrenberg-Bass Marketing Institute ...

Exceeding your MAXpectations

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
As I count down to the final hours before the weekend, my mind is already racing to next Wednesday, when we host our annual forum and awards for sales and marketing professionals in financial services (a.k.a. MAX). MAX is inspired by TED, the widely-lauded ...

UniSuper still fighting Westfield change

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
Westfield Retail Trust's main shareholder, UniSuper, has likened a $70 billion restructure of shopping centre assets to getting the wrong piece of fruit. UniSuper, which holds an 8.5% stake in WRT, has opposed the restructure of assets that are jointly ...