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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... at $2.83. The big banks were slightly lower, with NAB down 25 cents at $33.98, ANZ 10 cents weaker at $32.29, Commonwealth Bank down 12 cents at $85.92, while Westpac was up three cents at $33.43. Telstra was down three cents at $6.04. Shares in Fairfax ...

Auld lang syne

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... whether or not it'll succeed (and recently complicated by the return of Grexit talks). And then there's that other central bank - the Bank of Japan. It's on a shopping spree. Bloomberg data shows that the BOJ's balance sheet increased to 57% of GDP at ...

Mortgage Choice appoints CEO

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2015
... some time to spend with his family. He was previously the executive general manager, wealth advice at National Australia Bank's MLC. He also held senior positions at Aussie Home Loans and RAMS Home Loans. "Armed with more than 20 years' experience in ...

NZ Super and Infratil buy RetireAustralia

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2015
... million. The two entities will front up $429.5 million between them in cash equity with the balance being funded by existing bank debt on RetireAustralia's balance sheet. The consideration includes estimated transaction costs of $23.5 million and is ...

BOQ hands acting CEO permanent position

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2015
Bank of Queensland has handed acting chief executive Jon Sutton the joint managing director and chief executive roles permanently. Sutton has been acting chief executive for around four months and was chief operating officer before that. He joined BOQ ...

Independent expert lists CBA compensation challenges

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014
Promontory Financial Group has acknowledged that the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) program to compensate victims of bad financial advice poses a number of challenges. The independent expert has released its first report, following its appointment by CBA in ...

IRESS appoints board director

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014
... demutualisation and ASX listing of an Australian life insurance company. He has been a non-executive director of National Australia Bank (NAB) from March 2000 to December 2014, including chairman of a number of its subsidiaries including NAB's wealth ...

Australian Unity acquires two $80 million mortgage funds

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
... the market cycle, and that now is an opportune time to expand and grow the mortgage investment business. "The future of non-bank lending looks promising with the doors to competition starting to open presenting opportunities for mortgage funds like these. ...

We'll underwrite when it suits us: Delaney

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
AustralianSuper may act like an investment bank in underwriting future transactions, but only when it gives the fund a better deal on long-term investments, the fund's chief investment officer Mark Delaney has said. Earlier this year AustralianSuper ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... Among the major banks at 1025 AEDT, Westpac was down six cents at $32.18, ANZ had dropped 20 cents to $31.01, Commonwealth Bank had lost 33 cents to $81.86, and National Australia Bank had fallen eight cents to $32.01. In the resources sector, global ...