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MM over-diversification a myth: Russell

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
... up to 100 or more mandates on their books, far eclipsing the numbers held by traditional multi-managers. Ron Bird, professor of finance at the University of Technology in Sydney however dismissed the idea of having high numbers of managers. "If you put ...

Investing by 2020

... those which will integrate machine-based systems with seat-of-the-pants checks and balances, said Stephen Brown, professor of Finance at NYU and one of the investment experts Liem interviewed for the book. According to another interviewee, Bridgewater ...

QSuper appoints three GMs

... with Wilson HTM, JBWere & Son and Ord Minnett before starting an academic career in 1999. He is currently at QUT as Professor of Finance, Faculty of Business. The third appointee, Peter Fletcher, joins QSuper from CS Energy. Prior to CS, he has worked ...

Pension age too low: CEDA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
... of Australia (CEDA). The report, written by Dr David Knox, a partner at Mercer who was previously the Foundation Professor of Actuarial Studies at the University of Melbourne, said the change is needed because maintaining a low fixed pension age despite ...

APRA appoints new head of research

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics (Honours) from the University of Adelaide. She is currently associate professor of finance at the University of California Davis. Ellis has also worked at the Australian Graduate School of Management as a ...

Virtual bank collapse a warning to online world

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2007
... are no auditors, so regardless of any rules put in place, there would be no policing of them." Robert Bloomfield, professor of management and accounting at Cornell University in Michigan, a noted commentator on Second Life, said he didn't see anything ...

Economic round-up: Yearning for a yuan inspired Asian euro

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
... pump up inflation without positively impacting Australia's current account deficit, according to Fariborz Moshirian, professor of finance in the Faculty of Business at the University of NSW. Regardless of China's situation, the Asian Development Bank ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
... age people of the Solomon Islands could be employed in Australia. On the issue of employment, Adelaide University Professor of Geography Graeme Hugo says that it is difficult to estimate the number of Australian professionals working overseas, but he ...

Pentacle hits the market with diversified direct property

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2006
Pentacle Property Funds Management has announced its arrival and at the same time unveiled its new unlisted diversified property fund of funds with a focus on liquidity. Speaking at the launch, Pentacle and Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) ...

Melbourne Biotech group wins Chinese investor

... delegation participating in the City of Melbourne's Biotechnology business partnering exchange." Professor David Story, Professor of Therapeutic Sciences says the deal, which has taken 12 months to negotiate between the parties, will expand on RMIT's ...