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FBI sting catches $2.4bn mortgage fraud

... down under," said Hamish Douglass, former co-head of global banking at Deutsche Bank, Australasia and now chairman at a company he co-founded, Magellan Asset Management. He added that the US sub-prime woes reduced capital available to the Australian ...

Loomis Sayles taps luxury goods and alt energy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
... oil prices. The fund is invested in the world's largest solar panel provider, First Solar and Spanish based wind power company Gamesa Corporation Tecnologica SA. "We definitely want to find more opportunities in the alternative energy space. Unfortunately ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
... is released. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Graeme Samuel speaks at an Australian Institute of Company Directors lunch on `What is on the ACCC's radar'. The Australian stock market closed in positive territory yesterday, with ...

UN PRI assets reach $15tr

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
... according to the UN PRI report. However, overall the UN PRI's Principle 1 which involves incorporating ESG issues into a company's investment analysis and decision making was identified by signatories as the most difficult to implement. "The increasing ...

Northern Trust appoints Calvitto

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... senior relationship manager in its Melbourne office. In this newly created role, Calvitto will contribute to several of the company's strategic initiatives in Asia Pacific region. He will also help to consolidate the servicing of Australian and New Zealand ...

Lincoln to launch more 'golden rule' funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... investment strategy that focuses on nine "golden rules" to identify strong, efficient businesses practices by analysing listed company balance sheets. The investment strategy is available to retail investors via the firm's StockDoctor computer software ...

Trust banks on fiduciary after BNY sale

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
Trust Company Limited received a $14 million profit injection from the sale of its 50 per cent stake in BNY Trust Australia - paving the way for Trust to focus more on its fiduciary roots. Trust Company Limited sold its share of BNY Trust Australia ...

Putnam appoints global chief and chair

Putnam Investments' chief executive Ed Haldeman has been appointed chair by the company board and will be succeeded by Bob Reynolds, a former senior Fidelity Investments executive. Reynolds starts his new role next month. He was previously the vice ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
... positive lead from the US. But the sell off of investment firm Babcock & Brown Ltd continued for a second day, despite the company's reassurances about its financial strengthen, with the stock shedding a further 24 per cent. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Challenger JV opens EM infrastructure doors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
Challenger Financial Services and global trading company Mitsui & Co have signed a joint venture agreement to develop an infrastructure focussed investment management business in Singapore and launch an emerging markets infrastructure fund. Mitsui & ...