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New MetLife hires to drive growth spurt

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
MetLife Insurance, the Australian arm of the US giant, has brought its total number of 2015 hires to 25 as it gears up for growth in this market. In the year to date, MetLife has announced 10 senior hires, all moving to the company from executive roles ...

ANZ taps clean investing with green bond issue

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... ANZ Group treasurer Rick Moscati said. This is the second issuance of a green bond in Australia after National Australia Bank (NAB) announced in December plans to raise $150 million for renewable energy facilities through a green bond. At the same time ...

FEATURE: Adviser education

FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... working for an accredited Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) professional practice. Last year the Commonwealth Bank, among other major financial institutions, released what would be its minimum adviser standards. Financial advisers operating ...

Market lower as Wall Street falls

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street on Friday. The June share price index futures contract was down nine points at 5,6732. On Friday, US stocks finished lower after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the ...

Share market flat

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... cents to $35.53 and Santos had put on 16.5 cents to $8.075 as the oil price lifted. The banks were mixed, with Commonwealth Bank advancing nine cents to $83.65, ANZ easing three cents to $32.19, Westpac was eight cents higher at $32.73 and National Australia ...

Lawyer slams NAB compensation scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
National Australia Bank (NAB)'s program to compensate victims of bad financial advice lacks independence and does not go far enough, a lawyer representing some of the victims said. Shine Lawyers financial negligence solicitor Sasha Ivantsoff spoke to ...

PROFILE: PM Capital CIO Paul Moore

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
PM Capital chairman and chief investment officer Paul Moore always wanted to be a stock picker. He bought his first shares in Blue Metal Industries (later taken over by Boral) while he was still at school and then bought Carlton & United Breweries while ...

Running on neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
Move on people, nothing to see here today. Go away and enjoy a long lunch or plant a tree. This applies to equity markets seeking direction from overnight activity on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial index weaved and bobbed through intra-day trade ...

Market to open higher after Wall Street record high

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... Shanghai advanced 1.87 per cent, which came after HSBC's preliminary reading on its China purchasing managers index. The British bank said the gauge came in at 49.1 this month, a two-month high, but still below the 50 mark that separates contraction ...

Bargain hunters push shares higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... the payment of a special dividend and announcement of another share buyback. The major banks were mixed, with Commonwealth Bank up 82 cents at $83.31, ANZ up nine cents at $31.98, Westpac 11 cents higher at $32.37 and National Australia Bank down 26 ...