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Michael Hintze to join Financial Systems Inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... Bank. In 2013, Time Magazine listed Mr Sheng as one of the world's 100 most influential people. Submissions to the Inquiry close 31 March 2014.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
Australian stocks have started the week lower, following a sell-off on Wall Street on Friday. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said US markets moved lower during Friday's session as investors took profits following recent gains, putting the local market ...

JPM appoints Australian insto head

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has appointed Stephen Alcorn to head its Australian institutional business. Based in Sydney, Stephen will be responsible for leading the Australia Institutional client advisory team and delivering the full range of J.P. ...

British govt to introduce pension choice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
The British government is proposing a radical overhaul of the nation's private pensions system and will introduce choice of retirement product and simplify retiree taxation structures. The proposals were announced in the British 2014 Budget that was ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... seeking US unemployment benefits rose 5,000 last week to a seasonally-adjusted 320,000, the Labor Department said. That's close to pre-recession levels and suggests a stable job market. Locally, no major economic or equities news is expected on Friday. ...

TAL takes over from AMP as biggest life insurer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... sector, AIA Australia had the number one market share at 25.18% and more than $1 billion in in force premiums. TAL was a close second, also passing the $1 billion mark. The group side saw the biggest growth, with TAL growing by more than 30% and MetLife ...

AMP Capital expands US and UK-based infra team

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
AMP Capital has added to its global infrastructure debt team in London and New York as it looks to further fundraising. In London, Emma Haight joins the team as director from NIBC Bank where she was vice president in the project finance division and ...

Quicker and faster hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... Feddies - including Janet -- under Bernanke guessed that it would take a looong time before the unemployment rate even comes close to 6.5% back in December 2012 and so were game enough to put that promise on paper that they wouldn't even consider raising ...

APRA gets Basel III tick

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has graded Australia's capital regulation framework as 'Compliant' with the Basel III standards. Australia's is the eighth regulatory framework to be graded by the Basel Committee. Others include the United ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to follow international markets and open higher as investors shrug off Russia's move to formally absorb Crimea and begin turning attention to a US Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting. At 0645 AEDT on Wednesday, the ...