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Fuld me twice

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... global markets into the tailspin that would eventually become the GFC, shamed former chairman and chief executive of the bank, Dick Fuld, fronted a Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) hearing overnight in Washington. A defiant Fuld told the FCIC ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
The Australian stock market was more than 1.5 per cent higher at noon as stronger than expected economic growth in Australia boost local shares. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 73.7 points, or 1.67 per cent, at 4,477.9 points, while ...

Dimensional Aus hires two

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... management and research in both Australia and the US. He previously held positions at State Street Global Advisors, Deutsche Bank in New York and Bankers Trust in Sydney. His published research includes substantial and highly rated works on momentum ...

Fearing September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
Summer has ended - in the Northern Hemisphere that is. But the uncertainty that has befallen Wall Street through the sunny season has not gone away - nor does it look like going anywhere anytime soon. Wall Street may have produced a positive performance ...

Market Wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases quarterly growth data -- the national accounts -- at 1130 AEST. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) issues its index of commodity prices for August, and the Australian Industry Group/Pricewaterhouse release ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... market back a bit." Most of the major banks were weaker at 1200 AEST. ANZ was down 14 cents at $22.81, National Australia Bank was 17 cents lower at $23.38 and Westpac was down 29 cents at $22.04. Commonwealth Bank bucked the negative sentiment, with ...

Fiduciary duty goes beyond APLs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... to discount external research, but it needs to be used in the context that fits advisers' needs. "The APLs that a private bank would have would be different to a group where all their clients may be retirees," he said. Some firms can afford to have large ...

Darby buys into Mexican housing

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... Controladora Vertice is the third investment for Darby-ProBanco Fund II whose existing portfolio includes major Mexican commercial bank Grupo Financiero Banorte, Merchant Bankers Asociados (MBA - Lazard) in Argentina and Banco Multiple Leon in the Dominican ...

Austock improves, but remains in the red

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... hires made by the company over the past year, headlined by Paul Masi, the company's chief executive officer, who joined from Bank of America/Merril Lynch in February. Funds under management (FUM) at the company's Austock Life business rose 42 per cent ...

New tech offers high data protection

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
Acronis has launched new software that offers financial planners high data recovery and non-stop backup systems while simplifying the right backup configuration to suit their needs. The Acronis True Image Home 2011 (ATI Home 2011) is now available and ...