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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... companies including Google, Bank of America, Citigroup and General Electric. Adding to economic recovery concerns was the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index, which dropped almost 10 points -- far steeper than forecast -- to 66.5 in July ...

Competition for ASFA awards heats up

FINANCIAL STANDARD WRITERS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... a number of presentations on digital and social media from experts such as Con Stavros, associate professor at RMIT University and Kim Anderson, chief executive at The Reading Room. Awards include excellence in member communication; best public relations ...

Trustee outsourcing deals in regulator spotlight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... Report that APRA develop a Code of Trustee Governance. The research was contained in a paper being presented to 18th University of NSW Superannuation Researchers Colloquium this week. It analysed the incidence of outsourcing of actuarial services, administration ...

Omega hires Vanguard exec

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... Kwee holds a CFA designation along with a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Information Systems degrees from the University of Melbourne. He is a previous IFSA Deloitte Future Leaders Award Finalist (Global Markets) for his category winning research ...

Bored with half-empty glasses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... seem to be that same concern in China. China's Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.9 per cent yesterday despite Harvard University professor and former IMF chief economist Kenneth Rogoff's warning that China's property market is starting to collapse. No ...

EOFYS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... Wasn't it only four days ago that we received news of a strong jump in US consumer confidence? The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final index of consumer sentiment rose to 76 in June -- its highest level since January 2008 - from 73.6 in May. ...

Waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... level in eight months. Now we found the reason for last week's increase in consumer confidence. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index rose to 76 in June from 73.6 in the previous month - the highest since January 2008. These ...

H3 Global Advisors sponsors Griffith students

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
H3 Global Advisors has partnered with Griffith University to sponsor two students enrolled in applied finance at the university. The fund manager will sponsor students enrolled in Griffith University's Doctor of Philosophy programme. Applications for ...

Lessons from US pension funds in crisis

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... reports data on the 116 major pension plans sponsored by the 50 states in the US. Authors Robert Novy-Marx from the University of Chicago and Joshua Rauh from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University found from the data that the present ...

Haddock appointed chairman of ACSRF

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... Auspace Colonial First State Private Capital. Haddock holds Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of Sydney. He is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company ...