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Challenger property co-portfolio fund manager departs

S&P RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... property securities fund. The global fund is managed under a strategic alliance between Challenger Managed Investments and Chicago-based Heitman LLC.

Bad news on Good Friday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... employment report fell by 23,000 in March. This is a bad sign. Bad! Because markets expected a 40,000 increase. Bad PMI! The Chicago Purchasing Managers index fell to 58.8 in March from 62.6 the previous month. A decline to 61.0 was expected. But is ...

When old news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... markets? It will be saved...period. Duh! too to Bernanke mini-me's. Interest rates on hold...for a long time, said one. Chicago Fed Reserve Bank President Charles Evans told reporters in Shanghai that he expects interest rates "to hold for the next three ...

Former UBS GAM exec joins Equipsuper

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
... head of Australia and head of risk, Danielle Press, as chief executive. Press worked at UBS across a number of roles in Chicago, Geneva and Singapore. Prior to working at UBS, she worked at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) in the early 1990s. This ...

Data data everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... economic conditions "are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels of the federal funds rate for an extended period." The Chicago PMI - a leading indicator of the ISM manufacturing index - printed strong February, much more than markets were expecting. ...

Guggenheim buys Security Benefit

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... management, investment advisory, insurance, investment banking and capital markets services. The firm is headquartered in Chicago and New York with a global network of offices throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.

Thanks for now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... needs it. Chairman Ben Bernanke says so. Stimulation would remain for "an extended period." So has other Fed officials. Chicago Fed Pres Evans declared that interest rates could remain near zero until "late 2010, perhaps later." And before him, St. Louis ...

AMP focuses on REITs and infrastructure

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... international interest," O'Brien said. Nick Tannura has been appointed chief executive of AMP Capital Brookfield, based in Chicago. The board of directors comprises Brian Delaney and Mark O'Brien from AMP Capital Investors, and Kim Redding and John Feeney ...

Bears cursed by September curse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
... flows continue to produce conflicting signals. This is no better exemplified - again - by last night's US releases. The Chicago Purchasing Managers Index fell to 46.1 in September - signalling a fall back in business activity in the area - from 50 in ...

Mercer and Callan drop merger plans

COMPANY RELEASES  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... relationships remain unchanged. Callan Associates has more than 170 employees across and four regional offices in Denver, Chicago, Atlanta and New Jersey, while Mercer has around 1,100 investment consulting employees across the world. The proposed merger ...