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Westpac names merger team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... customer service and provide new and enhanced products and solutions at a time when many wealth managers are fighting to stay in the game," said Coombe. He added Lloyd's appointment would ensure BT Financial Group quickly and successfully makes its mark. ...

Main Street is burning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... struggling from the credit crunch and the economic slowdown. What this means is that more job losses are in store as each try to stay afloat by cutting expenses - labour being the biggest. The danger is that this could become a vicious cycle. Lower demand ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open in the red after US stocks fell overnight. At 0703 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was down 46 points at 3,650. In news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower today after US stocks fell overnight on signs that company profits are being hit by the decline in consumer spending. At 0810 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures ...

Media Super moves away from enhanced cash

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... However, one thing is certain for Media Super - the era of enhanced cash investing is over for now and the fund intends to stay with a "pure" cash option for the foreseeable future. "Our plan is to leave [the cash] where it is, in a true cash type vehicle. ...

Schroders eyes credit markets

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
Schroders is building up its position in high yielding credit - a sharp contrast from the group's underweight allocation to the sector 18 months ago. "Go back 18 months, we didn't want anything to do with credit. The risk premium of high yielding credit ...

Conviction where it counts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... horrors suffered by quant driven funds, said John Hamer, the group's client services and sales executive for Australia. But to stay ahead of the benchmark for the year, Marcal and his team had to make big calls: cutting their financials exposure to zero ...

Mortgage trusts face crisis of confidence

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... country's $23 billion mortgage trust sector is in the hands of the more than 150,000 investors who now have to decide whether to stay put or bail out before more mortgage trusts freeze redemptions. The federal government's bank deposit guarantee scheme ...

Buy side firms assess tech ability

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... Charles River Development's annual conference despite tightening budgets, reflected the importance for buy side firms to stay ahead of the curve, said Peter Lambertus, Charles River Development chief executive and president. "Our clients worldwide from ...

Grant Samuel Epoch tops global shares survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
Grant Samuel Epoch Shareholder Yield fund demonstrates the merits of free cash flow (FCF) based investing after it trumped other global equities managers in one of the roughest months in stockmarket history. No doubt the month of October will reveal ...