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Aussie fund wins $1.1bn PNG super mandate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... Fund. The National Superannuation Fund (NASFUND) was the first approved superannuation fund to be licensed by the central bank for private sector workers in Papua New Guinea, and is owned by seven private sector groups. "The process of building a strong ...

Private debt gets 'time in the sun'

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... according to one investment manager. Financing of commercial property has seen spreads widen from around 60 basis points over the bank bill swap rate pre-GFC to approach almost 400 basis points, according to Warwick Boys, general manager and head of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 32 points at 4,265. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to release the minutes of its May 1 board meeting, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics is expected ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... little bit of a bounce back." JPMorgan's stunning $US2 billion ($A1.99 billion) derivatives loss pummelled US stocks, with the bank's 9.3 per cent fall pulling other bank shares and the main market indices down with it. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

MSCI risk model targets volatility

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
MSCI has released the fourth version of its Australian Equity Risk Model, designed to give Portfolio Managers better insight into risk and return. The Barra Australia Equity Model (AUE4) adapts to market volatility, so that forecasts and actual results ...

JPMorgan execs to resign over US$2bn trading loss

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... managing director on Macris' team. JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon dropped a bombshell on Thursday evening when he disclosed the bank had made a net loss of $800 million in the last six weeks as a result of US$2bn in trading losses from the London arm of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... at 4,287. In economic news, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release housing finance for March on Monday. Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Philip Lowe is due to deliver a speech in Melbourne. In company news, DuluxGroup and Incitec Pivot ...

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... clean by doing that? It's got billions of euros to gain (in not paying back its debts) and lots of drachmas to gain - the Bank of Greece could print paper money again. Yippee ki yay mother. Belated happy mother's day to all moms out there by the way. ...

NAB Asset Servicing wins JCP Mandate

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
National Australia Bank's Asset Servicing division has been awarded the mandate to provide custodial services to investment manager JCP Investment Partners. Asset Servicing will be assisting JCP Investment Partners with custody and investment administration ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... price index futures contract was down six points at 4,295. No major economic or equities news is expected on Friday. But ANZ Bank is expected to announce its interest rate decision. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed higher, boosted by a better-than-expected ...