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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
The Australian stock market has opened lower as tensions increase over Ukraine and the Middle East conflicts. Australia's market followed negative leads on Wall Street overnight with all three major US exchanges ending the day in the red. The Dow Jones ...

CBA sees two top execs step down

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chief executive Ian Narev has confirmed that two members of the group's senior executive team will step down. CBA group executive of business and private banking Grahame Petersen will retire at the end of 2014 after nearly 35 ...

Lump sum rules 'utterly unsustainable': Sherry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
Former minister for superannuation Nick Sherry has branded as "utterly unsustainable" the rule allowing Australian retirees to withdraw their superannuation as a lump sum. Speaking in the opening session of the Financial Services Council conference ...

AIA reports 23% growth in new business

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
AIA Group has reported a growth of 23% in the value of new business for the six months to May 31, 2014. The Hong Kong-listed entity saw an increase in the value of new business to US$792 million (AUD$841.30 million), as well as an 11% increase in annualised ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower after US markets fell on disappointing company earnings reports. The weak lead from the US had set a soft tone for Monday morning, CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said. The US Dow Jones Industrial ...

Green appointed CEO MetLife Korea

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
MetLife Australia interim chief executive officer Damien Green has been appointed chief executive of MetLife Korea. Green is currently head of employee benefits for MetLife in Asia. He stepped in as interim CEO of MetLife Australia earlier this year ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street stocks barrelled to new records, following strong US car sales and Chinese manufacturing data. At 0645 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was up 19 points ...

Affinia hires regional business consultants

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
TAL-backed Affinia Financial Advisers has appointed one business consultant for Victoria and Tasmania, and one for Western Australia and South Australia. Nadia Docker will be in charge of Victoria and Tasmania, while Natalie Pegg will look after Western ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
The share market has opened lower as the major miners and big four banks all post losses. The market has come off Thursday's sharp gains, OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said. "This is not unexpected considering yesterday's strong gains," he ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street closed mixed with the Standard and Poor's reaching another record but the Nasdaq falling. At 0810 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,417. ...