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PROFILE: EISS chief executive Alex Hutchison

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
Not too long ago executive positions in financial services were generally appointed from prominent sales men and women. Energy Industry Super Scheme (EISS) chief executive, Alex Hutchison, is of a different breed. As a former federal police officer ...

Game theory theorises no Grexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
If one were to believe in conspiracy theories, one would suspect that 'the institutions' - perhaps, even Tsipras himself -- have placed a short on Greek bonds and stocks today... and collect the windfall tomorrow. Speculations of rumours of gossips ...

AustralianSuper narrows income protection definition

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
AustralanSuper has made changes to its insurance, including cutting the cost of death cover and some income protection cover and changing definitions that apply to income protection. Starting May 30, members who want to claim income protection will ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
The share market is back in positive territory as iron ore production news boosts the big miners and revived expectations of an interest rate cut help the banks. The miners are the strongest performers after Brazilian giant Vale suggested it might take ...

Modi under the spotlight

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
When India Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Australia in November 2014, he sparked such enthusiasm among politicians and citizens that for a few days all we could see in the media was his friendly, bearded smile. Indian citizens in Australia were ...

CBA advisers ran from ASIC

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
CBA chief executive Ian Narev said that he supported the idea of individual adviser misconduct being noted on the ASIC planner register, but the issue was complicated by advisers resigning when the regulator began its investigation. Speaking at the ...

Big end of town to face Senate over bad advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
Australia's top bankers will have to explain what went wrong in their advice divisions at a public Senate hearing in Canberra on Tuesday. Chaired by Labor Senator Sam Dastyari, the Senate Economics Committee will interrogate Macquarie Group chief executive ...

IMF predicts drop in foreign earnings

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
Australia can expect a drop in foreign earnings and a drag on growth this year according to the International Monetary Fund's most recent World Economic Outlook. The IMF said the downturn in the global commodity cycle is continuing to hit Australia's ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
The share market is slightly higher on a quiet day, with the main indices trading within a narrow range around 5,900 points since interest rates were kept on hold. Offshore markets provided positive leads but CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner ...

The first is always the best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
Maybe June. Perhaps one of the 'ber' months of 2015. Could be early 2016 or later that year. Or... until the twelfth of never? This, as much, is what the much-awaited minutes of the 17-18 March FOMC meeting told us. That Yellen & Co, themselves, aren't ...