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Funds SA splurges $1.4b on mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
Funds SA has awarded $1.4 billion in mandates to a trio of leading fund managers in a move to strengthen the fund's quantitative portfolio. The South Australian-based funds manager recently appointed Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management (GSJBW) with ...

GM takes sustainability mainstream

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
General Motors chief executive Rick Wagoner telling the audience at the Detroit Motor Show that the world has reached peak oil and that alternative fuels are now essential for the car industry confirms just how mainstream sustainability has become. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher this morning, following positive leads from Wall Street and from base metals in London overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0839 AEDT, the March share price index was UP 61 points to 6,027. ...

CMC poses new threat in online broking

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
Australia's largest CFD provider, CMC Markets, has completed negotiations to acquire non-advisory stockbroking group, Andrew West Stockbrokers (AWS), in the next step of its expansion phase - creating a new player in the non-bank broking industry. CMC ...

Blair joins JPMorgan Chase

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
Former British prime minister Tony Blair has joined JPMorgan Chase in a senior advisory role and as a member of its International Council. Blair will work with JPMorgan Chase' senior management team on a part time basis. "We operate our business all ...

RBC Dexia wins AXA North

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
AXA Australia extends its relationship with RBC Dexia Investor Services, selecting the company to provide custody for its superannuation platform, North. RBC Dexia Investor Services (RBC Dexia) already provides custody for AXA Australia's Summit and ...

Russell rejigs international funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
Russell Investment Group has reorganised its international equities exposure, replacing Jacobs Levy and Altrinsic with ClariVest Asset Management and adding Harris Associates to its list of fund managers. Founded in March 2006, ClariVest's investment ...

RBF and MGI buy $350m airport

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
The Tasmanian Gateway Consortium (TGC) comprising of Macquarie Global Infrastructure Fund III, Macquarie Capital Group and Retirement Benefit Fund has purchased the Hobart International Airport for $350.5 million. In a statement, TGC said the group ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today after US stocks fell on scepticism about a plan by global central banks to revitalise credit markets. Metals in London were lower overnight. At 0809 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

Consumer code needs overhaul

The Productivity Commission has issued a draft report calling for a review of the country's state and territory-based consumer policy framework and the introduction of a "single, generic consumer law" applying across Australia. The report said that ...