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Insurance industry has trust issues

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
Australian insurance companies rank second last for the level of trust their customers have in them, according to a new survey by EY. The global professional services company surveyed around 24,000 consumers from 30 countries. Australia recorded one ...

Aon Risk Solutions appoints exec from Allianz

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
Aon Risk Solutions (ARS) Australia has appointed Giselle Walther as its new managing director of growth strategies. Walther was previously head of corporate market management - Americas, for Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty. She has held senior ...

Ex-Deutsche Bank exec joins Woolworths board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
Woolworths has appointed Deutsche Bank's former head of corporate finance for Australia and New Zealand Scott Perkins as a non-executive director. Prior to his role as head of corporate finance, Perkins was chief executive of Deutsche Bank New Zealand ...

Heads up to where Wall Street's heading

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
It didn't happen overnight, but it is happening. The S&P 500 index flirted above its 2,000-point milestone -2001.95 points to be exact in intra-day trade - before closing at 1997.92 points. There's always tomorrow. With just another 2.1 points (0.1%) ...

Mission accomplished?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting..." -- Walt Whitman "The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee at its meeting today voted to maintain Bank Rate at 0.5%. The Committee ...

Liquidnet appoints Asia-Pacific COO

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
Institutional trading network Liquidnet has appointed Andrew Walton as chief operating officer for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Based in Hong Kong, Walton will manage member services, electronic trading systems and finance and administration functions ...

Gina gets richer but falls down list

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has tumbled 10 places on a list of the world's wealthiest, despite getting richer. Rinehart's wealth is estimated to have increased in the past year by $786.65 million to $19.89 billion, but she fell from a ranking of 36 ...

K2 AM launches International Fund

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... portfolio will consist of the team's highest conviction ideas in a concentrated portfolio of 20-40 stocks. Google, Comcast and Walt Disney are top holdings. The fund is a departure from K2's stable of long-short funds and will be long-only.

Think Holden, think not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
OMG! They killed Kenny...errr, Holden. Australia would be watching Holden's tail lights as it drives its car-making business out of Australia in 2017, Holden managing director Mike Devereux announced yesterday. This is because, like a spoiled brat ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013
... plan to take the company private, after seven months battling investors like Carl Icahn demanding a better deal. Shares in Walt Disney Co. jumped 2.4 per cent after chief financial officer Jay Rasulo said that the entertainment giant plans a huge share ...