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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... Scotland's forecast that its losses for 2008 could top $US41.3 billion ($A61.64 billion), the biggest ever for a British corporation. The moves in Britain are designed to insure banks against further losses and are similar to steps the US government ...

State Street scores $1bn mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... a $1 billion global mandate from one of the world's top 20 sovereign funds, the $43 billion Alaskan Permanent Fund Corporation. The trustee board of the American super fund handed the mandate to State Street on January 14, after axing its previous deal ...

Vanguard launches gov bond fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
Vanguard Investments Australia has launched an Australian Government Bond Index Fund as investors continue to seek haven in safe investments backed by the government. The Vanguard Australian Government Bond Index Fund (the Fund) invests in Government ...

Syncsoft expands team after Superpartners deal

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... the CapitalX team from a wrap systems provider. Helen Shi brings financial services and web design experience to the corporation following her work at superannuation software supplier. Carl James and Kylie Taylor will provide customer support, while ...

2009: The lost year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
Happy new year? Perhaps in 2010. The top central bankers meeting in Basel Switzerland came to the same conclusion yesterday. European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet -- wearing his cap as head of the Bank of International Settlements - declared ...

APRA to review exec pay

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... Review this week reported that the NSW government has been unable to appoint a chief executive to the SAS Trustee Corporation, blaming the sub-market $450,000 annual salary. APRA said their remuneration review will be a "principles-based framework for ...

Alaskan fund appoints HarborVest Partners

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
The $43 billion Alaska Permanent Fund Corporations (APFC) is not letting the bear market slow its private equity investments as the fund hires HarborVest Partners to manage a new PE portfolio. APFC last week appointed US investment specialist HarborVest ...

VFMC unveils 2009 strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
The $36 billion Victorian Funds Management Corporation is aiming to outperform its benchmark by 100 basis points through a combination of vanilla style derivatives, opportunistic trades and improved internal and external capabilities. VFMC chief investment ...

Pascoe shares VFMC strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Justin Pascoe, the newly appointed chief investment officer of the $36.4 billion Victorian Funds Management Corporation, will share his insight on how to buffer the fund from the global financial crisis at this year's IMCA conference. Pascoe, an ex-Goldman ...

Thank you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Wall Street celebrates Thanksgiving Day today - a 400-year tradition celebrated by Americans commemorating the pilgrims' gratitude for a bountiful harvest. Given the way the global economies are shaping up, Thanksgiving 2008 offers only patchy harvests. ...