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Former ANZ chief rumoured move to UK Aviva

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... from 1997 to 2007. McFarlane has held senior roles at Ford, Citigroup, where he led its UK and Ireland operation, and is a board member of Westfield Group. According to several UK newspapers, McFarlane will replace Aviva's current chair, Lord Sharman ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... prevent the local market falling. Bill Chatterton, RBS Morgans' director of equities, said the local market fell across the board in line with Wall Street losses. "There's no escape route today. It's not dramatically down, but we're in line with the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... fifth-straight weekly slump and the S&P 500 its biggest weekly decline (2.3 per cent) since August last year. The Reserve Bank board meets on Tuesday, but isn't expected to change official interest rates. Data on job advertisements are released the Monday ...

AustralianSuper names Fraser's replacement

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... said, of which the fund has grown its in-house investment management capabilities. Poole will also join the AustralianSuper board on July 1 this year following the retirement of Dr Walter Uhlenbruch. Dr Uhlenbruch has been a director at AustralianSuper ...

Former Morningstar chief joins Sharesight

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... Andrew Bird, former chief executive of ratings house Morningstar Australia has shifted across the Tasman and joined the board of New Zealand-based portfolio management service firm, Sharesight, as executive director. Bird will lead the company's first ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... weak economic figures. "The market is a little bit optimistic today. We have people buying high yield currencies across the board, but the Aussie has failed to benefit because of the weaker data that was published yesterday," Ms Lien said from New York. ...

Rejoice for May has gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... where US equities jumped - big time - despite disappointing stats. The Chicago PMI dropped sharply in May. The Conference Board's May consumer confidence index fell to its lowest level in six months. The S&P/Case Shiller home price index fell to its ...

Senior adviser joins Macq Investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... Zealand. "We are delighted to welcome Andrew Savage to our team. Andrew brings deep direct investment and portfolio company board expertise which will further strengthen our Australian private equity credentials," said Michael Lukin, head of MIM Private ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... shrugged off dull data on new jobless claims and first-quarter GDP growth to score modest gains fairly evenly across the board, including the banking sector, after three weak days. Microsoft jumped 2.0 per cent to $24.67 after hedge fund investor David ...

Equip and Vision merger in doubt

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
The merger between Equipsuper and Vision Super appears to be off, after negotiations hit an unexpected hurdle yesterday. Equipsuper's chief executive officer, Danielle Press, confirmed to Financial Standard that the merger would not be completed in ...