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Ex-Macq banker to head retirement home company

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... as it embarks on a growth strategy. Butcher, also a member of BankSA's advisory board and a 10-year veteran of Macquarie Bank Limited's investment banking arm, takes on the position immediately. Masonic said that with Butcher at the helm, it has plans ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after a positive performance on Wall Street buoyed by upbeat earnings results and after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said US economic growth had rebounded from the fourth quarter. At 0901 AEDT ...

Bernanke pours liquid over Roman burn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The title just about describes the events of last night and the one before. Woe to Europe that's feeling antsy pantsy over Italy's result - or should I say, non-result - and the extrapolation of this into "skyfall" (Finally, I got the chance to use ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... Australian earnings results on Tuesday would be unlikely to set the tone of the market, as investors focused on long-time central bank critic Haruhiko Kuroda's elevation to become the next Bank of Japan governor. "If that happens, it will be seen as ...

Two liquidators punished by ASIC

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
Australia's corporate watchdog has taken action against two liquidators in separate cases. The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) yesterday said that it had accepted an enforceable undertaking from Sydney liquidator Ian Struthers ...

Fear is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... Obama's business-unfriendly policies. That was also the period when concerns over Europe re-emerged: The European Central Bank (ECB) lowered the single currency area's 2013 growth outlook; but more palpitation-inducing was the uncertainty over which ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was down 54 points at 4988. In economic news on Tuesday, Reserve Bank of Australia governor (financial markets) Guy Debelle is slated to speak at UniBreakfast, University of Adelaide Business School ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... four major banks all opened higher. Westpac was up 34 cents to $30.21, ANZ added 16.5 cents to $28.325, National Australia Bank gained 26 cents to $30.08 and Commonwealth Bank surged 37 cents to $65.92. National turnover was 288.48 million securities ...

Moody's downgrade drives demand for Aus bonds

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... growth and a rising debt burden as the reason for the downgrade. The ratings agency also cut its triple-A rating for the Bank of England, the country's central bank, by one step, also to AA1. The British economy is constrained by the weak global economy ...

CBUS to review custody operations

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... (RFP) in 20 years to look for a custody services provider. CBUS's custody services are provided by the National Australia Bank - Asset Servicing (NAS) since 1993. However, by issuing the RFP, CBUS wants to test the market to look for a suitable custody ...