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Borland exits Investec for Credit Suisse

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
... Investec Private Advisers, is leaving the firm to take up the role of vice president in fund research at Credit Suisse Private Bank. Borland is leaving Investec in May, following seven years at the firm. She is taking up the position of vice president ...

Goldman Sachs accused of fraud

SEC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Goldman Sachs and one of its vice presidents for fraud relating to subprime mortgages. The SEC is charging Goldman Sachs for defrauding investors by mis-stating and omitting key facts about a ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
The Australian stock market was half a per cent lower at noon, led by falls in financial and energy stocks, as investors approached the end of the week with caution. At 1225 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 25.6 points, by 0.51 per cent ...

AXA names advice state managers

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
AXA Australia has appointed a financial advice state manager in Western Australia and New South Wales/ACT. Andrew Wright was appointed state manager of AXA Financial Advice in Western Australia. Wright previously worked at Professional Investment Services ...

Investec gains $45m from instos for aircrafts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... portfolio from the International Lease Finance Corporation, a subsidiary of the American International Group (AIG). Macquarie Bank Limited agreed to buy 47 aircrafts for more than $1.6 billion and was funded using cash reserves.

Matrix appoints practice development manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
Matrix Planning Solutions has appointed former AXA executive Helen Shao to the newly created role of practice development manager. In this role, Shao will work alongside Matrix general manager of practice development, Geoff Martin, assisting Matrix ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
The Australian stock market was higher at noon, with healthy gains in the resources and financial sectors. At 1205 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 20.1 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 5,014.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had ...

NabInvest buys Canadian property boutique

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
National Australia Bank's direct asset management business, nabInvest, has bought Presima, a global REIT boutique fund manager based in Canada. The acquisition is nabInvest's seventh deal since the business was established in October 2007 and its second ...

Risk appetite rises as cash reserves dip

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... taking above-normal risk in their portfolios are at their highest since January 2006, new figures show. According to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for April, investors are more bullish about the ability of companies to increase ...

US financials a big play: Bennelong SGI

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... chance for US regional banks to get scale cheap and quick. "It's a once in a generation opportunity if you're a regional bank in the US to grow your loan portfolio and to grow your regional footprint in an accretive transaction," he said. Besides US ...