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All I want for Christmas is a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... - instead of financing wars. President-elect Barack Obama vowed to make the 'single largest new investment' in roads, bridges and public buildings since the Eisenhower Administration in order to save jobs. And while he's at it, he is also indirectly ...

Dragon still on the rise

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... dismiss China as an investment hub, said Wang. At the moment infrastructure seems to be the flavor of the month, with new bridges, toll roads, airports and other projects mushrooming across the country. But what's next for the upcoming global player? ...

Three wise economists

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... the economy is slowing in order to keep employment levels up. Japan in the 1990s has tried this. The government built bridges to nowhere and concrete beaches just to get its workers employed. The government employed one set of workers to dig holes and ...

AWM posts $65m profit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
... a drop in practice and financial planning numbers. Despite this, AWM's wealth management business, which also includes Bridges Financial Services, posted $13.4 billion in funds under advice (FUA) at the end of June. United Funds Management, AWM's investment ...

CalPERS unveils infrastructure plan

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... forestland," said the fund. "Several components of our new asset class might come into play in the eventual construction of bridges, airports, utilities, water systems, and other infrastructure," said George Diehr, investment committee chair. CalPERS' ...

S&P expands research team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
... years, reviewing investments across all asset classes and compiling approved product lists and model portfolios for the Bridges and WealthManager financial advisers. Before working at AWM, Fook spent five years as a financial planner for Bridges Personal ...

Bridges takes over as Scobie departs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... of associate director - global fixed interest credit at QIC. Meanwhile ex-Tyndall head of fixed income and bonds, Roger Bridges, has moved to fill Scobie's spot. Scobie will lead QIC's global credit team and will report to Robert Jewell, who is responsible ...

Schroders appoints analyst

... insights into industries, management and developing trends." Taylor previously spent two years as a senior equity analyst at Bridges Institutional Broking. Prior to this, Taylor held analyst roles at Wilson HTM, Skandia and MLC Investment Management. ...

AWM hires three

... practice development managers to recruit and service new and existing advisers across its planning networks, which include Bridges Financial Services and Wealth Managers. The three managers are James McCowan (WA) Practice Development Manager, Ryan Holmes ...

The many faces of income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
... they still believe in 'bricks and mortar', but this definition appears to have expanded to infrastructure in the form of bridges and toll roads." The key thing he said is that following the global credit crunch, investors have realised there is no such ...