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Law firm deems SIV changes unworkable

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
Proposed changes to the Significant Investor Visa (SIV) aimed at pumping funds into small businesses and venture capital projects could spell disaster for the scheme because Chinese investors want low risk assets, according to law firm Hall & Wilcox. ...

ANZ Australia CEO steps down, replacement announced

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
ANZ Australia chief executive Philip Chronican has stepped down to pursue a non-executive career after 32 years in banking. ANZ managing director of global commercial banking Mark Whelan will take over Chronican's role, effective April 3, 2015, and ...

Nikko AM managing director resigns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... He also spent 13 years with Merrill Lynch in a variety of Australian and international roles and four years with Deutsche Bank in Sydney and London, as well as four years as a chartered accountant with KPMG.

Bendigo lifts half-year cash earnings by 10.9%

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (BEN) announced underlying cash earnings of $217.9 million in the six months to 31 December 2014, a 10.9% increase on the previous half-year. After tax statutory profit was $227.3 million, and cash earnings per share were 48.1c. ...

Stimulate or deflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... inflation target as a nominal anchor for price setting and wage formation." Easing prices have also become a worry for the Bank of England (BOE). In its Quarterly Inflation Report, the BOE predicts inflation to average to just a little above zero next ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... Bureau of Statistics releases new motor vehicle sales figures for January. In equities news, Aurizon and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, and Crowd Mobile are expected to post half year results. And, the matter of Wright Prospecting seeking access to partnership ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... $7.86, Woodside had added 46 cents to $34.30 and Oil Search was 19.5 cents higher at $81.95. Among the banks, Commonwealth Bank was up 61 cents to $91.79, Westpac had gained 45 cents to $37.14, ANZ was 28 cents higher at $35.16 and National Bank was ...

Macquarie Wrap adds international stocks, fixed income

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
International listed securities and domestic fixed income securities are available to advisers as investment options through the Macquarie Wrap. International listed securities allow advisers to trade fully paid ordinary shares and common stocks across ...

CBA dangles carrot to roll customers into Essential Super

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) is incentivising its banking customers to roll their lost super accounts into its Essential Super product by offering them the chance to win one of 10 $500 vouchers for Coles and Myer. The bank is writing to customers to let ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... extending Greece's current bailout after talks overnight collapsed acrimoniously. In local economic news on Friday, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is due to appear before the House of Representatives Economics Committee. In equities ...