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Put up or shut up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... efforts are breeding optimism among Brazilian consumers and businesses alike. I couldn't say it better than Wesley Batista - CEO of one of the biggest meatpacking business on the country. "Brazil is taking concrete measures... Now, the measures will ...

Barclays announces new CEO amid new investigation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
Barclays has named head of retail and business banking Anthony Jenkins new chief executive, just one day after the announcement the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) had launched an investigation into a 2008 deal with Qatar's sovereign wealth fund. Jenkins ...

ANZ CEO sells shares to fund debt, tax

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
ANZ chief executive officer Michael Smith has sold $10.8 million worth of shares in the bank. In a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on Friday, ANZ said that Smith sold the shares "to fund a forthcoming income tax payment and to ...

Saxo Bank's iPad app optimises trading

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... globally which now makes up 8% of Saxo Bank's overall trading volumes. Commenting on the launch in Australia, Anthony Griffin, CEO of Saxo Capital Markets Australia said: "Mobile trading is becoming more common as tablets and smartphones become the device ...

Embedding risk appetite remains tricky

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... year. Survey findings also highlight a notable increase in the status of CROs with 82% now reporting either directly to the CEO or jointly to the CEO and board risk committee. Andrew Harmer Ernst & Young Financial Services Risk Management Partner, says ...

Life readies for new cap increases

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... estimates that the impact on its life business's regulatory capital could be as high as $125 million for three years. Challenger CEO Brian Benari said that Challenger Life Company's excess capital above the regulatory minimum stood at $813 million at ...

Higher profits/lower dividends: AMP FHY result

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... half way through the previous corresponding first-half period, and has continued to "deliver ahead of expectations," said AMP CEO Craig Dunn. "We've hit all our key targets since the integration began and a new, stronger and more competitive AMP is emerging." ...

Shareholders force RE change

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... expressed concern over plans by 360 Capital to list the fund on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Denison Funds Management CEO, Matthew Burrows, said Denison would willingly step into the role as Responsible Entity of 360 Capital Industrial Fund. ...

New AFS CEO

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... Advice, and before this was general manager for ANZ Advice and Distribution. AFS had been searching for a new head since former CEO Peter Daly was forced out of the company. In June it was reported that Daly was suing AFS - in which he was a major shareholder ...

Vision Super chief steps down

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... with Equipsuper. "The fund is looking for merger partners at the moment and rather than making an appointment of a permanent CEO in that environment it's probably more judicious to actually go with a temporary appointment," said Peter Rowe, Vision Super's ...