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Listed cos fail compliance test

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
A higher number of ASX-listed company directors have failed to comply with share trading rules today compared to four years ago, raising questions on the prevalence of insider trading and the influence of the country's regulators. The number of top ...

Seeking six figures online

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
A new recruitment website that links high income job seeking-hopefuls directly with employers is due to be launched next week, hoping to change the face of the high-end employment scene. Six Figures ( www.sixfigures.com.au ) is the brainchild of HR ...

Macquarie buys Allegiance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
Macquarie Bank's Funds Management Group (MFMG) has deepened its roots in the US funds management market by scooping up California-based fixed income fund manager, Allegiance Investment Management. Financial details of the transactions were not disclosed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... shares in mortgage lender Thornburg Mortgage Inc dropped 51 per cent on worries it might go bankrupt. Back home, investment bank Citigroup slapped a "Sell" recommendation on National Australia Bank Ltd (NAB) today after the country's second biggest lender ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... market turned down 0.4 per cent crabbing sideways amid volatile trading in blue chip stock Fletcher Building. The Reserve Bank's decision to leave interest rates at 8.25 per cent was no surprise, although the horizon for the next rate cut was pushed ...

Attack of the hedge clones

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
The global hedge fund industry is in for a major makeover as hedge fund replication tools or "clones" permeate through the sector to deliver returns at the fraction of traditional costs. Banking giant Goldman Sachs spearheaded the cloning phenomenon ...

Mortgage managers sanguine over Macquarie exit

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
Mortgage managers and originators say they are taking the news of Macquarie Bank's decision to quit the mortgage market in their stride, insisting they had multiple funding sources and could replace the Macquarie funding without feeling any impact on ...

Liechtenstein blocks AML

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... to non-residents - international investors lured by the availability of "discrete" and flexible legal structures, strict bank secrecy and favourable tax arrangements. Add to the mix a stable and well-regulated environment, and tax-evading investors are ...

Aberdeen promotes Bovingdon to CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... as a fixed income specialist before taking a position within funds management at Schroders. In 1999, he moved to Deutsche Bank owned, Morgan Grenfell, which was later re-branded Deutsche Asset Management.

ING buys 37.5pc stake in Sentry

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... 145 advisers and $2.5 billion in funds under advice, after it bought FSP Group. The company is a joint venture between ANZ Bank and ING group, and has more than $45 billion in assets under management.