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CommBank loses strategy chief

Commonwealth Bank's group executive in strategic development, Hugh Harley, is to leave the bank next month to pursue other interests. "I am disappointed to see Hugh leave the Bank, but I respect his decision to pursue other interests. He has made a ...

New INVESCO retail rep completes national coverage

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
INVESCO has appointed a new retail sales representative for Western Australia and South Australia. Tanya Cherrington leaves Perpetual Investments to become INVESCO's new manager retail sales for the Western Australia and South Australia, joining Matthew ...

US losing grip on depositary receipts: JPMorgan

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2007
JPMorgan is predicting a record year of activity for depositary receipts, however activity will migrate away from the US towards the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries in particular. Depositary receipts allow companies to access cross-border ...

A whole new world of indexes: Russell

Russell Investment Group has launched a family of global stock indexes designed to adopt to the changing investment landscape where the line between "emerging" and "developed markets" continue to blur. The indexes are modeled after the group's popular ...

Aviva goes green with carbon outputs

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2007
Aviva is aiming to be the first insurer to carbon neutralise its operations on a worldwide basis. Aviva's carbon output stems from business travel and its use of non-renewable sourced electricity and gas in its offices. Aviva aims to neutralise its ...

CBA rolls out new business banking channel

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has unveiled CommBiz, a new online banking channel for business, corporate and institutional clients which it hopes will underpin its 2007 business banking strategy. The launch of CommBiz comes after CBA chief ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open down today after metals prices were mixed overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0753 AEDT, the December share price index contract was down 14 points at 5,385. Companies convening their annual general ...

Member investment arbitraging hits GESB: reports

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
Poor fund design will cost superannuation funds millions of dollars unless they start to upgrade their outdated or inadequate investment reporting systems. The latest fund to be impacted is the $6.3 billion GESB public sector super fund in WA, according ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open marginally firmer with a likely interest rate rise expected tp weigh on otherwise positive sentiment following gains in world share and commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0744 AEDT, the ...

Understand the dependencies and get unit pricing right

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
Limiting unit pricing errors requires companies to implement management and control systems and to fully understand the inter-dependencies involved in the process. Speaking at an Institute of Actuaries of Australia (IAA) special unit pricing briefing ...