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Macquarie Bank names managing director

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... 1997 and became group treasurer in June 2011 before he was appointed CFO of the group in December 2011. Elsewhere, Ben Brazil, co-head of corporate and asset finance (CAF), will also join the executive committee from 1 July. Brazil joined in 1994 and ...

BRICs without BRI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... Group of 7 (G7) as the richest countries in the world. You guessed it Virginia, these are the BRICs - the economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China. They were all the rage back then, back when they were defying the gravity of the GFC and the European ...

Australia's pension pool fastest growing in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... Asset Study 2014. The study showed found that the pool of assets has grown by 14% a year since the end of 2003, ahead of Brazil's pool, which has grown by 13.1%. However, the rate of growth slowed considerably compared to last year, adding just US$9 ...

I swear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... more than four times US lenders and putting them at greater risk if financial market turmoil in countries such as Turkey, Brazil, India and South Africa intensifies." And who invests in European banks? And what's the emerging market volatility doing ...

I spy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... broke that documents leaked by US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA spied on Brazil, Mexico, France, Germany and Spain (National Post). News? That's no news? Everybody knows it. News would be if the NSA didn't ...

Australian pension fund growth outstrips global average

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... measured in US dollars over the period 2007 to 2012 of 13%, followed by Taiwan at 11%, Denmark at 9%, Mexico at 7% and Brazil at 5%. "Australian funds grew significantly last year. The driving factor was their relatively high allocation to equities and ...

More taper talks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013

Falling BRICs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... economic growth that underlines all these - they're not as strong as they used to be. In the year to the fourth quarter 2012, Brazil's GDP grew by 1.4%, down from its pre-GFC high of 6.6%. Russian GDP expanded by a mere 3.4% in Q3 2012, the Indian economy ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... 0.15 per cent, to 5,123.1 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closesd higher after central banks in Europe, Britain, Japan and Brazil held off from further loosening already accommodative monetary policies despite facing weak growth. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Venezuelan market rally under question

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... impoverished political base". And why not? The Venezuelan economy has grown faster than its bigger Latin American neighbours, Brazil and Mexico. Latest available figures show Venezuela's GDP expanded by 5.2% in the year to the third quarter of last year ...