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Matrix appoints practice development manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
Matrix Planning Solutions has appointed former AXA executive Helen Shao to the newly created role of practice development manager. In this role, Shao will work alongside Matrix general manager of practice development, Geoff Martin, assisting Matrix ...

Instos target affordable housing

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
Industry funds are eyeing affordable rental housing as the next property hot spot, as some institutions express interest in awarding mandates to Affordable Housing Australia, said managing director Michael Kerans. Kerans has been in talks with several ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
The Australian market has received weak leads from overnight trading offshore, with only precious metals prices ending higher in New York. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0720 AEST, the June share price index contract was 24 points lower at 4,956. ...

How high and how long

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." These words from Charles Dickens' novel, A Tale of Two Cities, have again been brought to life by two opposing monetary prescriptions by two central banks - further interest rate hikes for the ...

Epoch focus on free cash flow pays dividends

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
New York Life Investments liked Epoch Investment Partners' free cash flow strategies so much they bypassed the norm of buying equity in the company or hiring them as a fund manager among many - opting instead to tie up a strategic partnership deal that ...

Khazanah buys Oriental University stake

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Investors might eye China's industrial growth as investment opportunities, but Khazanah Nasional is taking a different tact - forking out more than $45 million for a 10 per cent stake in Oriental University City Limited as part of its China education ...

Kill chicken, scare monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
Ohhh, I'm so scared! This was China's snap to Krudd's comment (threat?) that, "... the world will be watching how this particular court case is conducted.'' I refer to the trial and subsequent conviction of Chinese-born Australian citizen Stern Hu (head ...

Greenspan put

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
"...I'm finding it very difficult to look into the future and not worry about that." This was Citizen Alan Greenspan talking on Bloomberg Television. Alan was referring to America's "federal debt" and its "capacity to borrow". He must have thought it ...

Fundie backs strategy with own nest egg

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... Similarly, the fund also invested in the most sturdy financials at a time when the sector was battered. Shunning shares in Citi and, at one time, Bank of America, the fund invested in JP Morgan. "It was about taking the strongest players in an uncertain ...

End game II

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
The current US engagement with China might make Americans feel good but the consequences could be nasty. Last night's reports provide further evidence that the US economy continues to expand - without putting upward pressure on inflation. Improving. ...