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AMP appoints multi asset group head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
AMP Capital Investors has appointed David Kiddie in a new role as head of the Multi Asset Group. Kiddie will report to AMP Capital Investors managing director Stephen Dunne, effective 4 November 2009. Kiddie has 25 years experience in the investment ...

Vote of confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
Here we go again. News headlines are awash with reports - nay, warnings - that Australian interest rates are headed higher. Who else would you have expected to trigger all this but the moneyman himself, Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glen Stevens. ...

New era at Aberdeen

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
The Aberdeen-Credit Suisse deal signed early this year culminates in a new senior management at the combined firm, with Aberdeen COO Brett Jollie promoted as new head while chief exec Bill Bovingdon and two other senior execs depart. Bovingdon, chief ...

Switching super funds on the rise: survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
The number of active super fund members looking to switch funds has risen over nine months to July, with the number of industry fund members thinking of changing funds almost doubling, a survey found. An Investment Trends report found the number of ...

Yin to market yang

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
Chinese authorities don't just speak another language, the way they regulate their stockmarket contradicts the Western dogma too, and that's a good thing for long-term Asian equities investors. Michael Power, investment strategist at fund manager Investec ...

BNP hires head Aus and NZ

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
BNP Paribas Securities Services promoted Pierre Jond as head of the firm's Australian and New Zealand operation. Jond starts his role at the end of November and will begin the hand over with Jean-Marc Pasquet when he arrives next month. Pasquet returns ...

Depends on the data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
You know Australia is back to normal when "they will, they won't" speculation on interest rates returns a major sport. This is usually accompanied by "they will earlier, they will later" betting with every economic data release providing evidence for ...

G-20 reasons to be hopeful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
A summit to have another summit. If anything, this was the consensus reached at the 4-5 September G-20 meeting in London whose finance ministers and central bankers continue to disagree to agree. But whereas the previous two meetings - November 2008 ...

Asian equities approach fair value

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
Financial planners may want to reassess their clients allocation to Asia's emerging markets as one investment specialist reckons Asian equities are no longer cheap. Stuart James, senior investment specialist at Aberdeen Asset Management, said Asia's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open slightly lower as Wall Street ended flat amid weaker sentiment and profit-taking. At 0753 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 10 points lower at 4421. In economic ...