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Trader's market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
What's the trouble with Wall Street? It can't seem to make its mind these past three days - down, up, down. US equity indices closed lower last night after rising the day before and falling before the day before. Just writing that sentence has gotten ...

Integrity appoints new portfolio manager

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
Michael Murray reunites with former colleague Paul Fiani when he left AMP to join Fiani's Aussie equities boutique firm, Integrity Investment Management. Michael joins Integrity after nearly nine years with AMP where he was a senior portfolio manager ...

HOSTPLUS $1bn mandate up for grabs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... he said. The fund wrapped up its latest board meeting last Friday, and spent a further $100 million on new and existing Aussie equities mandates. Greencape Capital earned a $50 million top-up, while Paradice Investment Management received a further $30 ...

Telstra appoints property and Aussie eq heads

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
The $10 billion Telstra Super has appointed former The Myer Family chief investment officer, John Eliopoulos, and Juilliard Group chief operating officer, Greg Lee, to its investment team. The new hires follow the recent appointment of Jim Christensen ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... For 4Cast economist Michael Turner. "The question will be just how long the RBA can ignore the incredible strength in the Aussie labour market with wage pressures mounting through resource and construction sectors at least." Michael Blythe, CBA chief ...

GMO head of Aussie equities departs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
Ric Suvak has left his role as head of Australian Equities at GMO Australia this week for undisclosed reasons - leaving more than $4 billion of funds under management to a member of the group's domestic equities team. Geoff Wells, who was previously ...

Super worries plague Aussies worst

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
Superannuation is the number cause of financial worries among Australians, but many are choosing newspapers over advisers for information when making financial decisions, new CoreData figures show. CoreData surveyed 4,000 Australians and found that ...

Retirement savings gap to reshape Aussie workforce

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
Inadequate retirement savings will force more Australians to work past the average retirement age of 60, creating new challenges for planners when mapping out the right financial plan. According to a survey of more 1,200 people last October, a high ...

Kosmos wins $50m from Maritime

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
The $3 billion Maritime Super has appointed a $50 million Aussie equities mandate with boutique fund manager Kosmos Asset Management. Peter Robertson, chief executive of Maritime Super, said the fund was in the process of transferring the $50 million ...

Credit Suisse appoints Aussie for asset management

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Australian, Neil Harvey, has returned to Credit Suisse as managing director and head of Asia Pacific and head of emerging markets global for its asset management business after a stint in a number of other Asia Pacific firms. Harvey comes back to Credit ...