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BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
Gone in 18 days! The New Year's fresh events risk that was Egypt has gone with the departure of the country's strongman. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had been ultimately forced to abandon the throne his bum had been glued onto for 30 years by 18-days ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
"It's getting better all the time Better Better Better It's getting better all the time Better Better Better. Getting so much better all the time." - Beatles Less than a week ago, I wrote on this space, "it's just a matter of a few sleeps till we get ...

Macq Private Wealth appoints COO

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... execution at Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management in New York. Yeoh, who is originally from Melbourne, was also a former associate at JP Morgan. As part of her new role, Yeoh will support Macquarie's 400-plus financial advisers in both Australia and ...

Hedge research warns against poor risk analytics

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
New research from the US on hedge funds suggest managers with smarter risk analytics embedded within their investment approach will emerge as this year's mandate winners. In a January US survey of investor concerns, three out of four respondents want ...

Fidelity closes property fund

STANDARD & POOR'S RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
FIL Investment Management is terminating its Fidelity Global Property Securities fund, prompting Standard & Poor's Fund Services to withdraw its rating on the strategy. FIL Investment Management informed S&P's that the fund will be terminated on 28 ...

ASIC scorecard shows mixed results

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
A new survey shows ASIC has generally worked well in managing the impact of the GFC in Australia - but respondents think the regulator was not as effective in protecting retail investors. More than 1,500 respondents were asked for their views about ...

New M&A expert in town, hires BT chief

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
US-based Berkshire Capital, which provides merger and acquisition services to investment and wealth management firms, has landed in Sydney - and appointed former BT chief executive Ian Martin as vice chairman, Asia Pacific. Berkshire Capital - not associated ...

FPA launches new strategy, brand

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... base. The association proposed that membership be restricted to Certified Financial Planning (CFP) professionals and Associate Financial Planners, and that the principal member category be discontinued. "The FPA has long believed that the RG146 is inadequate ...

Maritime offers fixed term investment option

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
Maritime Super is launching a new fixed term investment option next month - a strategy normally associated with retail super funds, and arguably the first of its kind introduced by an industry fund. The fixed term investment option works like a fixed ...

HIP appoints MLC as insurer, boosts cover

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
The $500 million-plus Health Industry Plan has appointed MLC as its group insurance provider and improved its insurance benefits for members. According to a letter from chairman Anthony Wallace, MLC's appointment coincides with increases in death cover ...