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Skandia parts ways with Mercer

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
Skandia has bowed to the inevitable and replaced Mercer Investment Consulting with in-house consultancy Intech as its portfolio construction adviser from next month, ending uncertainty over where the two companies sat within the business. Speculation ...

Perennial Value welcomes new portfolio manager

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
Perennial Value Management has appointed the ex-head of the AMP Value Plus Fund as senior portfolio manager. Anthony (Tony) Oesterheld leaves AMP Capital Investors after managing $2.6 billion in the AMP Value Plus Fund for the past seven years. He brings ...

Antares teams with Lodestar for absolute returns

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
Antares Capital Partners, a recently formed alternative investment business within the NAB Group, has teamed with Lodestar Capital Partners to launch a new absolute return fund. The Antares Lodestar Absolute Return Trust aims to deliver stable absolute ...

European property the next big game: Perennial

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
Europe's listed property markets are set to be a key growth sector in the coming years due to their highly diversified nature, low starting base and the introduction of REITs, according to managing director and portfolio manager of Perennial Real Estate ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
The bluechip S&P/ASX200 index gained 16.7 points to 6277.9, while the all ordinaries rose 14.5 points to 6302.9. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index futures contract was six points firmer at 6274 on a volume of 12,476 contracts. ...

No bank is ready for AML

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
The gaming sector is well ahead of financial institutions in adapting to the new anti money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws according to a survey conducted by Pricewaterhouse Coopers in March. The survey also revealed that 90 percent ...

Internationals in rare win over Aussies

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
International equity markets outperformed Australian shares in May for the first time since January this year, according to the latest Mercer Consulting sector survey. The survey said that sustained global growth, low inflation and continued merger ...

Economic round up: GDP vs. gross domestic happiness

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
There's just no pleasing some people. Consumer optimism has fallen despite another drop in unemployment and our continuing material and economic prosperity, showing that happiness is clearly not rising with our material success. According to a recent ...

Professionals must have an ethical code: CFA Institute

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
The Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA), now 90,000 strong across 55 countries, said the key to its success over the last six decades is its sharp focus on professional ethics rather than just technical education. Ethics supported by professional ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
The Australian share market continued to trade in negative territory at noon, as the miners were dragged down by poor resource prices, and falls in the US dampened investor enthusiasm. At 1200 AEST, the S&P/ASX200 Index was 39.6 points lower to 6200.5 ...