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Northern Trust appoints new Asia Pacific head

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2007
Northern Trust has appointed executive vice president Gregg Behrens head of Asia Pacific for its corporate and institutional services unit. Behrens will report to Timothy Theriault, president of corporate and institutional services and be responsible ...

BNP Australia NZ appoints new CEO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2007
BNP Paribas Australia and New Zealand has appointed Belgian branch head Didier Mahout as its new chief executive, starting late September. Mahout replaces FranASois Cristofari, who moves to Shanghai to become head of territory of BNP Paribas China. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2007
A recovery on Wall St overnight should push local stocks into positive territory today, helping the market claw back some of the heavy losses suffered in trading yesterday. At 0718 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

Australia IT needs more R&D

Australia has ranked fifth in terms of global competitiveness but has lagged behind other OECD countries on investment in research and development (R&D), according to a new study by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Sponsored by the Business Software ...

Sub-prime dominoes falling

The sub-prime contagion's knock-on effect has so far collided with leveraged loans, investment grade bonds, high yield currencies and global equities. Now local councils are feeling the heat. While consensus has been that the sub-prime fallout would ...

Over Fifty Group offers reverse mortgage courses

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2007
Over Fifty Group (OFG) and SEQUEL have partnered up to provide reverse mortgage accreditation courses for brokers and planners. Driven by the growing popularity of reverse mortgages and equity release products, as well as growing pressure from consumer ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2007
Another rally on Wall St is expected to push Australian stocks higher today, helping the market recover more of Wednesday's losses. At 0723 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index was up 66 points to 6,038 on a volume of ...

Cambridge opens Down Under

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2007
The 800-strong institutional investment and research group Cambridge Associates is opening a Sydney office to meet demand from local funds and managers for better global research and information services. This will be the firm's seventh office worldwide ...

Sub-prime contamination causes market carnage

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2007
Australian sharemarkets suffered a $48 billion bloodbath yesterday after the 'millionaire's factory' warned of $300 million losses wiping out a quarter of the value of two of its investment funds. Bear Stearns, already embarrassed by the implosion of ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
After opening in the red, the Australian share market continued to flounder at noon in the wake of further troubles on US markets. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had shed 102.9 points to 6041.3 while the All Ordinaries dropped 100.8 points ...