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NAB CEO rejigs executive team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... Andrew Thorburn made a splash on his first day in the role, fulfilling his promise to deal with legacy issues and making major changes to the group's executive team. The changes have seen the departure of three of key executives at the bank's top level. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... $42.07 ahead of a shareholder vote on a $US2.7 billion ($A2.92 billion) plan to buy back shares from Royal Dutch Shell. The major four banks were also feeling the downward pressure. Commonwealth Bank had lost 88 cents to $82.87, ANZ had fallen 36 cents ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... further trade sanctions on Russia over its support of rebel fighters in Ukraine. "The caution has been holding back the major markets," Mr Daghlian said on Wednesday. "It's been a bit volatile but pretty quiet so far this week. That's because there is ...

Premium hires former IOOF exec for compliance role

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
Premium Wealth Management has hired former IOOF audit manager to head up its compliance division. Johan Cruz managed the audit for a number of businesses, including the Lonsdale dealer group while at IOOF.A He also spent two years at Count Financial ...

MetLife refocuses on middle classes with direct distribution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... in the investor briefing that repositioning MetLife's retail business and building its direct business in the US is now a major corporate goal.

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... after the insurer flagged a slide in its first-half profit linked to problems with its Latin American operations. Among the major banks, the Commonwealth Bank was up 34 cents at $82.34, ANZ had found four cents at $33.56, and National Australia Bank ...

Companies must understand their investors better, report says

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
ASX-listed companies must work harder to understand what motivates the voting decisions of their major investors, a new report from the Governance Institute of Australia has argued. This call, part of a list of best practice principles and guidelines ...

SMSF advisers gear for referrals from accountants

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
More than half (55%) of SMSF financial planners expect referrals from external accountants to be a future source of clients, CoreData's 2014 SMSF Professional Report reveals. Overall, three-quarters of all SMSF intermediaries expect 10% growth in their ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... Australia president Catherine Livingstone is scheduled to speak at Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce lunch in Sydney. In major equities news, ANZ chairman David Gonski and other business leaders are slated to give addresses at a Governance Institute ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
The Australian share market is lower as investors take profits after its seven day run of gains. "Most sectors are trading in the red as there's a broad-based sell off," Bell Direct equities analyst Leanne Jones said. "Investors are taking profits and ...