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AIA raises US$20.5bn in IPO

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
... valuable 33 per cent stake in its Asian subsidiary. Despite the strong performance, Peter Sartori, of leading boutique fund Treasury Asia Asset Management, remains cautious on the company. "We still think they will lose market share to local firms over ...

TAAM adds to investment team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
Senior investment analyst Kenneth Wan will be joining the investment team of Treasury Asia Asset Management (TAAM), the boutique manager announced this morning. Wan brings ten years funds management experience in both Australian and Asian equities to ...

Cbus hires Frontier and AustralianSuper execs

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... an investment consultant at Frontier and Access Capital Advisers, and had prior roles at a fund manager and in federal treasury. Meanwhile, David Constable joins Cbus as marketing manager after four years with Australian Super and working in its marketing ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... It was the venerable Wall Street Journal that broke the news. "The central bank is likely to unveil a program of U.S. Treasury bond purchases worth a few hundred billion dollars over several months, a measured approach in contrast to purchases of nearly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... Bank of Australia delivers its annual report, and the Australian Office of Financial Management issues two tranches of Treasury Notes of $1 billion and $600 million maturing on February 28, 2011. In equities news, bank reporting and annual general meeting ...

MLC stars in NAB $4.2bn profit

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... down slightly by 1.6 per cent to $16.6 billion, driven by the re-basing of personal banking, and from global markets and treasury as volatility reduced from 2009's high levels. NAB chief executive, Cameron Clyne, credited MLC & NAB Wealth's superannuation ...

Rare opportunities in US real estate

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... currently in the range of 5 to 6 per cent - roughly twice what is on offer domestically and three times the 10 year US treasury yield. Meanwhile, the combination of a rising Aussie dollar and a soft US housing market means that from an Australian perspective ...

Singapore makes $8.4bn grab for ASX

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... exchange. Both boards have unanimously approved the transaction. Peter Sartori, chief investment officer of Singapore-based Treasury Asia Asset Management said the deal could provide the scale the SGX needs to effectively compete with the burgeoning ...

G-20 gabfest at Gyeongju

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... concrete guidelines that would enforce concrete actions to prevent unilateral policies from the other mammoths. Too hard. US Treasury Secretary Timmy Geithner tried... and failed. He suggested limiting current account imbalances to four per cent of GDP. ...

Pigs are bacon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... Fed's expected QE2 is overestimated. Brazil Finance Minister Guido Montega revealed to reporters his bedroom talk with US Treasury Timothy Geithner. "He said he doesn't intend to allow a devaluation of the dollar." He assured me that the policy is not ...