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A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
Blink and you would have missed it. Financial markets are back in forward gear once more. They have been over the past three trading days inspite of the severe calamities and geo-political tensions that came their way not even a full three months into ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
The Australian share market was lower at noon on Monday in "cautious" trading, as investors continued to digest developments on fighting in Libya and the nuclear emergency in Japan. Performances from major resources and banking stocks were mixed. At ...

Russell names new MD corporate super

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
Russell Investments strengthens its corporate superannuation business with the appointment of a new managing director. Geoff Peck has been with Russell since 2009 working in corporate super, with previous experience including senior roles at BT Financial ...

Pain sans hysteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
Perhaps 'twas the Japanese people's seeming stoicism in the face of what could be as close to an apocalypse as we could get that although concerned, there hasn't been any observable and widespread panic in the financial markets. Sure the Nikkei-225 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
The Australian share market is set for a nervous start on Monday, after the US and a coalition of forces launched air strikes on Libya over the weekend. At 0731 AEDT, the June share price index contract was 18 points lower at 4,629 points, with 5,745 ...

UBS wealth mgmt to review compliance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
ASIC has signed an enforceable undertaking (EU) from UBS Wealth Management Australia Ltd to review its compliance culture and frameworks and fix past compliance failures. The fund manager didn't provide statements of advice to 764 retail clients invested ...

Mercer invests in consulting business

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
Mercer has brought in six new faces to its investment consulting business in Australia and New Zealand, including an environmental, social and governance specialist. Environmental expert Dr Richard Fuller joins Mercer from HESTA super fund where he ...

BTIM adds portfolio manager

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
BT Investment Management appoints portfolio manager, Justin Davey, to join its fixed income team. Davey will act as portfolio manager and credit analyst for BTIM's income and fixed income boutique, headed by Vimal Gor. The former Challenger Financial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
The Australian dollar is over half a US cent higher on news that the Group of Seven major industrialised countries have agreed to support Japan's economy. The US dollar also surged against the yen on news that the G7 had agreed on joint intervention ...

Climate change choice - market or regulation?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
The climate change arguments currently before the parliament present Australia with the stark choice between market based solutions or a quagmire of regulation, said Dr Ross Garnaut yesterday when speaking at the National Press Club. This is the inevitable ...