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Credit Suisse pairs up with Julius Baer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... feel free to go where the best ideas lead us. Our emerging markets exposure is around 24 per cent of our portfolio with a focus on central and eastern Europe which is different to where everyone else seems to be investing," Gallagher said. According ...

New property head for Valad

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... large scale projects, and property trust management. "Greg's appointment is a significant endorsement of Valad's strong focus on its domestic business and this hire is an important step in further expanding our value add business on our home turf," said ...

Post sub-prime, ethics more crucial than ever: CFAs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
Australia has just hosted its first ever board meeting for the chartered financial analysts (CFA) institute who are here to talk about what they need to do to keep up with growing demand for their professional qualifications. "Domestically the CFA brand ...

Schroders shielded from LPT burnout

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
... by practicing multi-asset strategies. Schroders highlighted that multi-asset investment strategies have been an area of focus for the firm, despite such strategies falling out of favour in the last decade. "Where investors were piling into asset markets ...

High conviction champions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... and group head of equities at Aberdeen Asset Management, said the Aberdeen Asian Opportunities Fund had not changed its focus since the subprime credit fallout. "It's not our style to be reactive or make radical changes to our portfolio at any juncture ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
The Australian share market had recovered to be 0.46 per cent in the black soon after noon after dropping nearly three per cent in morning trade on the back of more bad news from Wall Street. At 1230 AEDT, the S&P/ASX200 index was down 26.1 points ...

Investors swarm to Asian hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... and Western Europe. Figures also indicate that there are more than 1,000 single strategy hedge funds with an Asia-centric focus, while more than 92 per cent of hedge funds these funds have less than 5 years of performance track record. Hong Kong, Singapore ...

Boot camp for ING sales staff

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
... will be a senior sales manager. The coach will help equip staff with business development skills, while the mentor will focus on developing skills identified by the coach as requiring further support. Canning is optimistic about the new program and considers ...

Jumping volatility not yet swaying sentiment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
... may however lead to mixed interpretations about views of possibly, or possibly not, looming US recession as the intense focus upon it may lead to concern if it doesn't eventuate or uncertainty about how and who has factored it in. In a recent paper ...

English FX specialist turns local

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... have traditionally been the dominant players in the forex sector. The company aims to target SME and corporate clients that focus on importing and exporting in the Asia-Pacific region, along with financial planners and private investors looking to capitalise ...