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Quality of Spain and Poland belies credit rating

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... largest underweight largely due to governance issues, while sovereigns with high quality long-term ratings such as the United Kingdom and the United States were slightly underweight largely as a result of poor environmental indicators. Craig Hurt, director ...

AIST appoints CEO

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... various Parliamentary committees. Reynolds left AIST in January to accept the role of managing director of the London-based United Nations Principles of Responsible Investing (UNPRI). Garcia's appointment is immediate. He will meet with all AIST member ...

Hastings appoints executive director for North America

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... Funds Management has appointed Irene Mavroyannis as executive director in the North America region, which includes the United States and Canada. Mavroyannis will be responsible for leading the company's operations as well as business development activities ...

Serpentine fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... in the second half of the year... there would be no full recovery in the crisis-hit eurozone, while the economy of the United States would not gather a strong pace until 2014." Singapore's "Grand Master" Tan Khoon Yong: "This is a disaster year... a ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... first quarter trading report. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed higher on the back of a positive lead from the United States market and the prospect of a cut to interest rates. On Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had risen 38.3 points ...

Australia becomes fourth largest pension pool

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... superannuation assets relative to GDP rose from 96% in 2011 to 101% in 2012, joining the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States as countries where this ratio is higher than 100%. Australia now has the world's fourth largest ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... Institute. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed slightly weaker, snapping a 10-day winning streak, after markets in the United States fell. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 17.9 points, or 0.37 per cent, to 4,878.8 points, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... developed by Australian pharmaceutical company Pharmaxis has received a negative review from advisers to regulators in the United States, sending shares down 41 per cent to 74 cents. Australia's largest cattle producer, Australian Agricultural Company ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... Australian share market has opened higher, with sentiment still positive after encouraging economic data from China and the United States. At 1033 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 22.1 points, or 0.46 per cent, at 4,832.3 and the ...

SPAA joins UN group

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
The SMSF Professionals Association of Australia has become the first Australian financial services group to join a United Nations independent financial advice convention. Yesterday the SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) said it had joined ...