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Towers Watson builds investment team

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
Towers Watson Investment has expanded its Australian investment team by four with plans to add another two within months. Former head of Mercer's New Zealand Retirement /Actuarial Consulting business, Paul Newfield is assuming the role of senior investment ...

Ahead of the pack

FINANCIAL STANDARD IS THE MEDIA PARTNER OF THE MFSS.  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
Every industry needs game changers - a select crowd that stirs the pot or keeps raising the bar for everyone else. In financial services, they can be found within the ranks of the innovators and the pioneers. Early next month the Australian Centre for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... offset optimism caused by a weaker yen, which helps Japanese exporters. The People's Bank of China said on Tuesday it was raising the one-year deposit and lending rates by 25 basis points each, taking them to 3.0 per cent and 6.06 per cent respectively. ...

Aus equities forecast to return 20pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... little debt relative to assets. It's a worldwide trend but particularly powerful here because companies did so much equity raising in '08 and early '09, during the worst months of GFC." He noted that there were lots of equity raisings to retire debt ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... its update this morning relieved the market of the uncertainty about the prospect of them having to do equity capital raising to facilitate the US insurance purchase." Mr Spiteri said the market overall was being pushed higher by gains in its largest ...

Fin services execs rock 'n' roll for charity

... the industry including - dealer groups, fund managers, financial planners and banks - come together for a fun evening raising money for a great cause," she said. Michelle Chaperon, FICAP Committee member and Communications Manager from Deutsche Bank ...

Haste makes waste

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... is singing the same tune. In an interview with Bloomberg, he predicts that the European Central Bank (ECB) will start raising interest rates in the "October-December period," because "What seems to be holding the ECB's hands at the present juncture is ...

APRA report sparks fresh debate on boardroom diversity

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... months." "In my experience on a number of boards, both unlisted and listed, women add value by often asking questions or raising issues from a different perspective - this is important in the overall quality of discussion and debate and in reaching good ...

Value a plus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... is lifting the reserve requirement for its large commercial banks and the Bank of Thailand and the Bank of Korea both raising their policy interest rates. More are expected to follow. However, these do not readily imply that portfolio allocations to ...

Perpetual raises $170 million for mortgage fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
Perpetual Investments has closed capital raisings for its new Secured Private Debt Fund, with industry and corporate super funds, high net worth individuals and dealer groups subscribing to the tune of $170 million. The closed-ended fund will lend to ...