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Eric Johnston is an associate editor of The Australian. He has more than 25 years experience as a finance journalist, including a former business editor of The Australian. He has been business editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age and financial services editor with The Australian Financial Review. His work has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal.

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Markets

Debt financing in demand

DEMAND for debt financing will continue to rise, driven by the merger and acquisition cycle.

Maggie Lu Yueyang

Wall Street Journal

This picture taken on October 30, 2014 shows a man checking his mobile phone under the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) sign in the central business district of Sydney. The ANZ on October 31, 2014 announced record annual net profit of 6.5 billion USD -- up 15 percent -- pursuing an Asia-focused growth strategy. AFP PHOTO / Saeed KHAN

ANZ nabs executive for China

ANZ has tapped Huang Xiaoguang, a senior executive from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, to run its China business.

ENDA CURRAN

Financial Services

Provisions take slice out of HSBC

BANKING giant HSBC has posted weaker-than-expected results for the third quarter.

MARGOT PATRICK

Opinion

Clive’s in the tent

THE world changed this week in two very significant ways. Neither was very well appreciated.

Terry McCrann

Robert Gottliebsen

NAB has some serious problems at home

DEEP in the NAB profit announcements are a number of serious Australian problems facing the bank.

Robert Gottliebsen

Markets

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen speaks with staff during a visit to the office of CONNECT, a coalition of local organizations that provides employment services in Chelsea, Mass. When the Federal Reserve issues a statement after it meets Oct. 28-29, few foresee any policy changes. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Markets take Fed’s move in stride

GLOBAL financial markets were relatively calm after the US Federal Reserve announced the end of US quantitative easing.

David Rogers

DataRoom

Leighton’s $413 million high-rise commercial development at 177 Pacific Highway, which will redefine the North Sydney CBD skyline and set a benchmark in commercial development, offering 40,000sq m of commercial space across 30 levels.

Leighton selldown in slow motion

THE wheels are said to be turning slowly for Leighton Holdings’ asset selldown worth up to $3 billion.

EDITED BY BRIDGET CARTER

Companies

Generic image of dentist working on teeth with mirror.

Dental chain in $50m float

DENTAL-CARE chain Pacific Smiles is set to raise up to $49.7 million in its initial public offer next month.

Prashant Mehra

Criterion

Fundies earn place at the top

AS National Australia Bank’s top brass were grilled yesterday, BT showed the virtues of being a pure-play beast.

Tim Boreham

Wall Street Journal

Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah (C), Kuwaiti crown prince Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah (R) and Kuwaiti parliament speaker Marzouq al-Ghanim attend the opening session of the new parliamentary term in Kuwait City on October 28, 2014. Kuwait's ruler warned that declines in the oil price were damaging the economy of the energy-rich Gulf state, urging lawmakers to

Oil slide gives banks a crude shock

IT’s not just Wall Street banks such as Goldman Sachs that got it wrong on oil.

NICOLE FRIEDMAN

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