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Death by algorithm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
What does it take to wipe out more than US$1,000,000,000,000 on Wall Street? Punching "B" instead of "M" on your keyboard. Panic set on Wall Street overnight as the Dow went into a freefall to record its worst ever intra-day drop of 998.5 points. Was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to post a huge decline at the start of Friday's trading day, following a horror night on offshore markets as Wall Street shed more than three per cent and commodities prices went backwards. At 0757 AEST on the ...

CFS GAM hires AMP Capital ESG researcher

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... both ESG and buy side equities experience," said Amanda McCluskey, head of sustainability and responsible investment for CFS GAM. In a separate announcement, AMP Capital appointed a portfolio manager and portfolio analyst within the Sustainable Alpha ...

Astarra pain spreads to super funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
Gaming group Tabcorp will be moving the superannuation accounts of 250 NSW TAB staff affected by the collapse of Astarra to CareSuper. A Tabcorp spokesperson contacted by Financial Standard this morning said the company has written to the relevant workers ...

Govt response to exec remuneration falls short: Regnan

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
A specialist corporate governance firm is frustrated the government has not backed a proposal from the Productivity Commission's executive remuneration report that could better align departing executives interests with long-term shareholders. The Productivity ...

Shadforth buys SA planning firm

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
Shadforth Financial Group has bought South Australian-based financial planning practice, Walmsley Halligan & Co and its parent company, 'Walmsley Halligan'. The Walmsley Halligan move follows the merger and integration of 12 privately-owned fee-based ...

Amundi wins mandate for volatility strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
Amundi Asset Management has signed a new local institutional client to its volatility strategy. Richard Borysiewicz, chief executive in Australia for Amundi Asset Management, said he couldn't reveal the new institutional client but expected to implement ...

UBS and REST join forces for green infrastructure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... REST in a green energy investment project touted to be behind one of the largest wind farms in the country. Both REST and UBS GAM are buying the Collgar Wind Farm. UBS GAM is making the purchase through its International Infrastructure Fund. Both parties ...

CFS GAM appoints ASSET4

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM) has appointed ASSET4 as an additional environment, social and governance (ESG) research provider. ASSET4, which was bought by Thomson Reuters in November last year, has developed the world's largest ...

Former UBS GAM exec joins Equipsuper

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
Equipsuper has appointed former UBS Global Asset Management (Australia) deputy head of Australia and head of risk, Danielle Press, as chief executive. Press worked at UBS across a number of roles in Chicago, Geneva and Singapore. Prior to working at ...