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Worst of the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... high quality corporate bonds and commercial paper, asset-backed securities and syndicated loans. These will be funded by the sale of UK gilts. And just like the Fed and the BoJ, it would soon find itself with interest rates at zero. Next week's MPC meeting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
The Australian sharemarket is likely to open in the red following heavy falls on Wall Street. At 0814 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 96 points lower at 3,420. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Patersons and Tolhurst join forces

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... Securities Limited is merging with stockbroking business, Tolhurst Group Limited. The proposed merger will be effected through the sale of the Tolhurst broking business and brand names to Patersons, noted a Patersons statement on the ASX. Subject to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
The Australian sharemarket is likely to open higher on a positive lead from the US. Gold, copper and oil were down, but silver was up on Wall St. At 0812 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 43 points higher at 3,419. ...

ING senior exec moves to Zurich

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
Zurich has appointed former ING senior executive Colin Morgan as head of the company's life risk business in Australia. Morgan has 20 years experience in financial services, particularly life risk insurance, both locally and internationally. Before ...

HOSTPLUS appoints Qld partnership manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
HOSTPLUS is ramping up its brand awareness campaign in Queensland, hiring hospitality and tourism executive Greg Holmes as manager of strategic partnerships. Holmes previously worked as deputy chair of the Brisbane Visitors and Convention Bureau and ...

Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
Gung Hay Fat Choy! The English version of Happy New Year has not worked for financial markets so far. Perhaps the Chinese one will. The web says that in Cantonese these words also mean 'may prosperity be with you.' Indeed, may prosperity be with us ...

Goss heads ING life risk sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
ING Australia has appointed Kevin Goss as head of Life Risk Sales, reporting to Ross Barnwell, executive director for distribution. Goss has over 24 years' industry experience, gained in both the US and in Australia. He comes to ING from Zurich, where ...

Mercer ups ante in corporate super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
The $12 billion Mercer Super Trust recruits a top sales exec from Russell and revamps its employer and member-related services to maintain its top spot in the ultra-competitive corporate trust sector. Last year, Plan for Life reported that the Mercer ...

Aircraft fund seeks capital

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... Australia and Investec Bank (Australia) Limited. The China Airline transaction was IGAF's first with the airline, and involved a sale and leaseback of a 2006-build Airbus A330-300 for a 10-year term. The China Airline transaction involved various debt ...