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Former NAB boss received $6m last year

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
Former National Australia Bank boss Cameron Clyne took home almost $6 million during his last 10 months in the job. According to NAB's annual report, Clyne received $5.98 million during the bank's 2013/14 fiscal year, which ended on September 30. That ...

Van Eyk stake hurts AWI earnings

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... will impact earnings (noting this would be a non cash transaction)," the company's chief executive and managing director Ben Heap said. AWI's consolidated profit before tax (unaudited) for the first quarter was $0.2 million. Corporate overheads ...

G20, FTA and Vlad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
Promises, promises. The G20 gabfest has come... and gone, but were it not for the much-awaited "will he, won't he" - that is, will Tony "shirtfront" Vlad, won't he? - 'twas, for all intents, and purposes as sleepy as Brisbane is. Oh yeah, Australia ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street finished mainly slightly higher. At 0815 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up six points at 5,475. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.1 per cent ...

AXA IM to open ESG strategy to investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
AXA Investment Managers will offer its impact investing fund of funds strategy to external investors. The fund is part of a suite of ESG integrated multi-asset strategies run by the fund manager. It already has a total of EUR200 million ($287 million) ...

Bullish sentiment at 4-year high, expect zero return in six months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
So far so good. The men and women of the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) must be giving each other high fives (and down lows) at their success. In spite of the daily ups and downs, it appears to they've been able to wean Wall Street off of QE ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher on the back of modest gains in European and US stocks overnight. The December share price index futures contract was up three points at 5,452. Wall Street and European stocks are slightly higher ...

Forward guidance at its best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
It's them, not us! This is the not so subtle message Bank of England (BOE) Governor Mark Carney delivered at his opening remarks following the release of the BOE's Quarterly Inflation Report last night. But of course, being the astute central banker ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after losses on Wall Street and European stock markets overnight. At 0715 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 10 points at 5,478. Locally on Thursday Reserve Bank assistant ...

Equip to manage AustSuper's defined benefit schemes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
AustralianSuper will transfer its defined benefit plans and members to Equip during 2015 as part of a new partnership aimed at creating long-term growth opportunities for both funds. The fund's defined benefit schemes represent around 2000 members ...