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PROFILE: Standard Life Investments head of Australasian business Simone Bouch

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... up there thinking it was one market but suddenly I was confronted with all these different cultures with Southern Europe versus Northern Europe and Germany versus Spain. It was a massive learning curve but it was great. Having a team with such diversity ...

PROFILE: Metlife chief executive Deanne Stewart

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... too much focus on aggressive quarterly P&L results in the financial services industry and self-interest, quite frankly, versus the fact that ultimately we are here to care for others and look after the financial security of others as our first and foremost ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... Australian employment The number of Australians who found jobs in June may have been less than market expectations - up 7,900 versus consensus forecast for a 10,000 increase - but the underlying details of the report provided positive underpinnings for ...

Bentley slams Keybridge response to restructure proposal

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... also said that the statement "made no mention of the level and continuity of shareholder distributions made by Bentley versus Keybridge" nor "the level of share buy-backs of Keybridge versus Bentley," among other issues. Bentley has nominated Bentley ...

Zenith finds value in reduced blue chip exposure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... underperformed the broader index over the last 12 months (ending 31 March 2016), with the ex-20 segment of the market returning 3.4% versus -16.2% for the S&P/ASX 20." "The Blue Chip/Top 20 index is dominated by Australian Bank stocks, and this has been ...

ASFA backs super boost pledge

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... "Unfortunately there is a huge gap between the current average super balance, $112,000 for women and $198,000 for men, versus ASFA's Retirement Standard of $545,000 for a single person or $645,000 for a couple to live a comfortable lifestyle in their ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... Brexit on these sectors. PBOC fixes yuan down The People's Bank of China (PBOC) once again recalibrated the yuan's exchange versus the US dollar, fixing the mid-point of the yuan's trading band at 6.6857 yuan per dollar, down 0.39% from the previous ...

Brexit - the Australian connection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... weighted index on news of Brexit. It has depreciated against the currencies of our top three export markets (2015) - down 1.1% versus the US dollar; down 0.6% against the Chinese yuan; down 4.5% vis-A -vis the Japanese yen. And while the local currency ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
... fourth straight month that factory activity in the country had been in contraction (below 50). Yen strength - up 14.7% versus the greenback this year to date - induced a sharp drop in international demand, sending both production and new orders falling ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) flash consumer confidence indicator for the eurozone slipped to a reading of -7.3 in June versus -7.0 in the previous month. Consumer confidence also weakened in the European Union from -5.7 to -5.8 in June. Brexit? Bank ...