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Henderson grows footprint in Asia-Pacific

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
Henderson Global Investors has hired industry veteran Rob Adams to spearhead its investment management business in Australia, in line with broader expansion plans. The development of a pure funds management business in Australia is part of Henderson's ...

Missed the bottom?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... far as China goes, Reuters reports that it now has a direct line to the US bond auction system. It is now the only central bank in the world that can purchase US Treasuries without going through America's primary dealers. This move is designed to encourage ...

Investors focus on Russian consumer stocks

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... high. "Now inflation has come down to virtually an all time low - about 4.5% in Russia and rates have come down. There's one bank in Russia we have quite a big holding in called Sparebank, which is the old Soviet savings bank and it is offering mortgages ...

Perpetual Private names new group exec

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... Perpetual Private. Smith joins Perpetual following 19 years at BT Financial, where he most recently served as general manager, bank distribution and insurance, responsible for cross-selling BT's advice, superannuation and insurance solutions to customers ...

VIX says nearly shopping time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
Armageddon. Catastrophe. Lehman Bros moment. GFC mark II. Game over. Funny but... haven't I heard all this before? Let me think. Yeah right. That's it. "Twas about four years ago when Lehman bit the dust. Remember how you - and your neighbours -- felt ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... the June share price index futures contract was down eight points at 4,050. In economic news on Monday, the Commonwealth Bank business sales indicator for April is released. In equities news, James Hardie Industries is due to post full year results while ...

Facebook IPO price raises queries on value

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... sold in the offering, with the $38 IPO price representing the rate to be paid by Facebook's 33 underwriters, including lead bank Morgan Stanley, and the rate at which the underwriters will on-sell shares to their institutional clients. Barbi said that ...

Medcraft to chair IOSCO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft has been elected chairman of the board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) at the annual conference in Beijing. Medcraft's IOSCO term will begin when current chairman, Masamichi Kono, steps ...

AMP Capital buys into SA schools project

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... Funds and clients managed by AMP Capital are acquiring 100% of the equity in the project from Lend Lease and Commonwealth Bank of Australia. In addition, AMP Capital is becoming the asset manager of the project. Since acquiring management of the AMP ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... circling Spain. The newspaper El Mundo reported depositors had withdrawn one billion euros in the recently nationalised Spanish bank, Bankia since last Wednesday. At the open on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 64.5 points, or 1.56 per ...