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WHK and Macquarie form partnership

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... years. Upon full conversion of the notes, Macquarie will be entitled to nominate a director to be appointed to the WHK Group Board. "Through leveraging off Macquarie's service offerings and expertise, we can further strengthen our Total Financial Solutions ...

GSJBW appoints co-CEO

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... has been a member of the firm's management committee since 2003 He has also been a director on the Goldman Sachs JBWere board since 2006. Rothery joined Goldman Sachs in 1998 based in Hong Kong and London where he held a number of senior roles in the ...

Efficiency and social equity best way to fix super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... that the global financial crisis puts the brakes on such an increase and that consensus is yet to be reached across the board on how the increase would be paid for," said the Australian Institute of Trustees (AIST) and the Industry Super Network (ISN) ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... cent, to $4.56 on a downgrade by Moody's Investor Services to the bank's long-term deposit and debt ratings. "Across the board, we are down but as the day goes on there are a few glimmers of hope," ABN AMRO Morgan's director of equities, Bill Chatterton ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 87 points lower at 3,145. In economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia board meets, with a decision on the cash rate due at 1430 AEDT. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases December ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... the ongoing uncertainty about the Chinalco deal, he said. The Chinese company said it would meet Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) officials on Monday. "(QBE is) a strong company (but) three broker downgrades are never going to help anyone," Mr ...

APRA outlines priorities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) is focused on authorised deposit taking institutions (ADIs) liquidity risk, prudent capital management and executive remuneration this year. Speaking at the Australian British Chamber of Commerce ...

Baracking for the US

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... caught in the descending spiral of despair. Consider this. Just hours before Obama delivered his speech, the Conference Board released a report showing that US consumer confidence fell to 25 in February - the lowest since data started to be collected ...

IBM Cognos measures credit risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
Financial services firms will turn to IT systems that can alert them sooner to credit risk issues, particularly with the government-led bail-put programs making them accountable to their country's regulatory and political heads. Laurence Trigwell, global ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... Friday night," Ms Spencer said. "Resources are probably taking much of the brunt today but it's really right across the board." Global miner BHP Billiton was down $1.28, or 4.2 per cent, to $29.23, while Rio Tinto had lost $3.40, or 6.76 per cent, to ...