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CIO and COO award winners named

FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
It is usually the chief executive that gets the spotlight, but last night the country's top chief investment officer and chief operation officer for fiduciary funds got their time in the sun. Steve Merlicek, chief investment officer of IOOF, was honoured ...

Fund giant T. Rowe Price stamps brand in Australian equities

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
Global investment firm T. Rowe Price has launched its Australian equities fund this week, hoping its long-term track record running global equities will appeal to super funds that want a domestic equities portfolio backed by a global outfit. It's early ...

Insurance bonds offer tax effective strategy

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
Insurance bonds are an option for investors looking to reduce their taxable income and grow their wealth outside of superannuation, according to IOOF. "Investment bonds work particularly well as a complimentary wealth accumulation strategy," said Damian ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... markets into a spin. At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 62 points with Hewlett-Packard, Bank of America, Intel and Caterpillar all taking a pummelling. The Dow stood at 13,206.59 at the close. The materials, energy and technology ...

Governance Australia's best export to Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Creating opportunities for Australia's economic integration with Asia is not just about exporting commodities but sharing expertise in value adds like governance and sophisticated services. Bandid Nijathaworn, former deputy governor of the Bank of Thailand ...

Dickens on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... housing disappointed. Microsoft, General Electric, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley topped earnings estimates but IBM, Intel and Qualcomm fell short of expectations. Spain and France's debt auctions met with solid demand but yields on their new issuances ...

Missing the forest for the daily grind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... the previous day's gains overnight. Coz real time news headlined disappointing first quarter earnings reports from IBM and Intel and bad news out of Europe. Never mind that IBM's bottom line results and 2012 profit guidance printed more than expected ...

ASIC strikes against currency trader

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has launched strike-off action against Brisbane-based TRADERS SERVICES, formerly known as Your Trading Room. While the current strike-off action relates to unpaid licence fees, reports allege that ...

Northern Trust wins Dutch pension mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
Northern Trust Asset Management has won a mandate for the passive management of a EUR200m listed real estate portfolio from Dutch pension fund Pensioenfonds Horeca & Catering. Wouter Jan Naborn, head of asset management for the EUR4.3bn Dutch hospitality ...

Upside surprises to surprise on the upside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
Is this what the other side looks like? 'Twas exactly a week ago today that financial markets suffered an attack of the jitters as all things dark and gloomy flashed before their eyes. You, I and Irene remember that day oh so well. The day there was ...