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PROFILE: State Street Global Advisors CEO Lochiel Crafter

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... has been the hardest - but most valuable - career lesson. Born in a small village in South Australia, Crafter moved to Geelong as a child; and later studied statistics in the University of New South Wales, in Sydney. "I found statistics interesting ...

Let's talk about VIX baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... is also the level the VIX was trading at between 2005 up to early 2007 - the time when people only know the GFC as the Geelong Football Club and not the Global Financial Crisis; the time when you, I and Irene (and even governments and central banks) ...

Aon opens new offices in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013
... The appointment of Lambros Lambrou as chief executive of Aon Australia has been followed by the opening of offices in Geelong, Springwood by the beginning of next year. The decision to establish a presence in these regions follows increased interest ...

Australian stocks weaker at close

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... and BHP Billiton two cents lower at $33.77. Meanwhile, retailer Target has hinted jobs will be cut at its head office in Geelong. Shares in parent company Wesfarmers fell 61 cents to $37.97. Fairfax Media shares fell one cent to 59 cents after it announced ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... below 15,000 for the first time in a month. Meanwhile, retailer Target has hinted jobs will be cut at its head office in Geelong. Shares in parent company Wesfarmers fell 34 cents to $38.24. Fairfax Media shares fell 2.5 cents to 57.5 cents after announcing ...

Beggar me not my neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... ceiling. It's about Wall Street making another run for the all-time high it reached back before the GFC stood for the Geelong Football Club and not the Global Financial Crisis. The S&P 500 index closed at 1,482.42 points overnight - 82.73 points (or ...

Hultgren appointed MDRT Australia chairman

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
Geelong based financial adviser and Principal of Chapman Welsh Financial Services Ross Hultgren has been appointed Australian national chairperson of the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT). The MDRT is one of the premier global associations for financial ...

The rally that no one's enjoyed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... more and it'll be standing above the summit it reached back in 2007 (the time we, Australians, thought of the GFC to mean Geelong Football Club). At the close of last week's trading, the S&P 500 stood just 9.4% away from it 9 October 2007 peak and the ...

When optimism rains, it pours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... other day. This level is the lowest since June 2007. Get that? This was the level before the letters G-F-C stood for the Geelong Football Club. And why the heck would it not? Although the ECB admits that the Eurozone would experience a technical recession ...

Australian Unity revenue reaches $1bn

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... Village Property Fund, which is open to institutional investors. Earlier this week the fund made its first purchase, the Geelong Grove Retirement Village in Grovedale, Victoria. In August Australian Unity Investments acquired three unlisted property ...