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Largest US pension fund SIO resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
Christianna Wood, senior investment officer, global equity of US pension fund giant CalPERS, has jumped ship to take up the position of chief executive of hedge fund sponsor, Capital Z Asset Management. Wood will leave CalPERS in mid-February, and Eric ...

Van Eyk back on the driver's seat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
Stephen van Eyk, managing director and founder of research company van Eyk Research, will become more hands on after the resignation of the group's research heads, Jerome Lander and Suzanne Tavill. While Tavill left the company last month, van Eyk has ...

Rainmaker merges with MC Marketing Concepts

Wealth management industry research, media and communications group Rainmaker has merged with financial services strategic marketing company MC Marketing Concepts. The Rainmaker Group, which publishes Financial Standard, marks the start of the year ...

Philanthropy gets a boost at GSJBW

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
The philanthropic services team at Goldman Sachs JBWere (GSJBW) received a boost recently with the appointment of Kelley McLendon as director, philanthropic services. "Philanthropy is emerging as a topic clients are raising more frequently with their ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today after the United States and other world markets -- apart from Germany -- suffered falls on Friday. In London on Friday, base metal prices generally were higher. At 0824 AEDT on the Sydney Futures ...

US-Aust rates spread widens to 250 bps

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
The US cut in interest rates to just 4.25 per cent pushes the differential against Aussie rates to a near record high of 250 basis points and signals more turbulence for the AUD and jittery world share markets. The third US rate cut this year continues ...

'Tis the season to invest

While many Australians will be thinking about their Christmas shopping list, a survey has found one in ten will spend the holiday break thinking about their investments. Mortgage broker X Inc Finance has surveyed nearly 300 people last month to find ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
The Australian share market is receiving mixed leads this morning, with positive guidance from Wall Street and base metals, but Sydney Futures slightly down. At 0707 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was DOWN 7 points ...

VicSuper wins Sustainability Super Fund award

VicSuper has received the inaugural Sustainable Super Fund of the Year award at the Australian Sustainability Awards held last week. Organised by sustainability publication specialist Australian Ethical Investor, two new awards were introduced this ...

Suncorp Aus equities team sets up boutique

Suncorp Investment Management suffers a big blow after its top-ranked Australian equities team, in charge of more than $5 billion in funds, resigned to start a boutique. Boutique incubator Pinnacle Investment Management has signed employment contracts ...