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Research: Australian private banks fall behind

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... Australians with more than $1 million excluding residence and superannuation found that only 33.1% currently have a private banker, although an additional 31.9% had used a private banker in the past despite not using one at present. Of those currently ...

Deposits the battleground for margins

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... maintaining margins. "In this year's half-year reporting results we have seen a significant shift in both consumer and banker psyche, with the humble deposit, once a cheap, discounted source of funding to the cash rate, becoming the 'holy grail' during ...

Australian finance sector jobs plummet

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
Australia has experienced the biggest Asia Pacific slowdown in finance sector jobs in Q1, according to research from website eFinancial Careers. Recording a reduction of 19% in finance sector job opportunities from the previous quarter, Australia lead ...

Govt names Foreign Investment Review chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... bank Lazard and a former vice chairman of Citigroup Australia. Prior experience also includes 33 years as an investment banker and working in the funds management and investment management sectors. In addition to his role as FIRB chair, Wilson is deputy ...

Can't fix what's not broken, yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... rates anyway to make up for higher funding costs and to protect their profit margins. It's difficult enough to be a central banker in this still uncertain environment, it becomes tougher when those you're supposed to control don't do your bidding or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... prepare the socialist Pasok party for elections expected within two months. BEIJING - Police in China have held a Singaporean banker for two weeks without allowing her access to a lawyer after her client allegedly fled the country with millions of dollars ...

Altius makes senior advisory appointments

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
Altius Asset Management has appointed three key industry figures to its investment advisory committee. Don Stammer, Tony Fitzgerald and Wayne Jarman will join the three Altius portfolio managers on the committee, which aims to advise Altius on domestic ...

Unions, AIST hit back at Abbott comments

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
Unions and super associations have responded to comments from Opposition leader Tony Abbott who blasted union involvement in industry super funds. According to The Australian, Tony Abbott reportedly called industry super funds gravy trains for union ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... director Richard Herring said. "There has been a lot of good economic data coming out of the States, but when you get the head banker agreeing with it that is confirmation that Wall Street is looking in good shape," he said. Locally, the S&P/ASX200 index ...

Investment complexity on the rise for UHNW clients

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... successfully servicing UHNW clients, according to Credit Suisse. Recently named best private bank in Australia by Asian Private Banker, Credit Suisse has named its integrated strategy encouraging cross-divisional co-operation between the Private Banking ...