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Global instos flock to Asian infrastructure

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
J.P. Morgan Asset Management's Asian Infrastructure & Related Resources Opportunity fund, one of the largest dedicated Asian infrastructure funds in the world, has closed with over $900 million from institutional investors including Australia. The fund ...

When old news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
Wall Street must have gotten up on the right side of the bed today. Well the Dow has been in 10 of the past 11 trading days. But last night, it was more cheerful. The pace of the Dow's upward march nearly doubled - closing almost 1 per cent higher on ...

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. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
The Australian stock market received a mostly positive set of leads from offshore trading, with Wall Street and base metals prices trading higher. But gold and oil prices were weaker. At 0825 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price ...

Advisers to boost political clout

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... issues of common interest and to collaborate on key policy issues in order to create vocal and effective lobbying campaigns." Phil Aris, from Total Financial Solutions, said: "Politics is a numbers game and as licensees, we know we need to get our collective ...

New FM for Share Plus

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
Perpetual Investments has appointed former CPH/Ellerston Capital portfolio manager, Paul Skamvougeras, to manage the Perpetual Wholesale Share-Plus Long/short fund (Share Plus). Skamvougeras worked at CPH/Ellerston Capital for seven years managing the ...

Vice fund underperforms S&P 500 by 13pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
Tobacco, alcohol and gaming sounds like a rock star life but investors in a fund that targets these industries aren't exactly crowd surfing their way to financial bliss. The US-based Vice fund identified stocks across tobacco, alcohol, gaming and aerospace/defense ...

Aviva Investors and Cbus win awards

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
Aviva Investors has won the investment manager category and Cbus has taken out the superannuation category at the Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies 2010 Investment Stewardship Awards. The awards recognise achievement in product innovation, service ...

AMP appoints key insurance personnel

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
AMP Financial Services has appointed Marcello Bertasso as head of underwriting and Warren Page as chief underwriter in its Personal Wealth Protection team. Bertasso joins Personal Wealth Protection from CommInsure. Before this, Bertasso resided in South ...

SuperChoice ups clearinghouse challenge

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
Superannuation clearinghouse provider SuperChoice has teamed up with banking giant ANZ to develop PayClear2, a new system that can help small to mid-size businesses process SG contributions faster and with more accuracy. It's hard to get excited about ...