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SBI eyes infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... yesterday's demand. There is simply not enough infrastructure to support India's growth story," he said. SBI will invest in engineering, capital goods and interest rate sensitive stocks. "There are enough pointers to say that interest rates in India ...

Web 2 social networking websites under attack

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... National Hockey league website last year. "Last year, cyber criminals began to seriously employ exploits and social engineering attacks to undermine the trusted web," said Karel Obluk, chief technology officer at Grisoft, a company which develops AVG ...

Financial sector holds gains: Suncorp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... have the scale or the scope, but as a result of the merger, we've managed to employ people like Vladimir Kazokov, an engineering and mathematics academic, which we probably couldn't attract before," he said. Himbury said no decision had been made regarding ...

Indian infrastructure investing fuels sustainability

ALEX DUNNIN IN NEW DELHI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
... development, ports, aviation infrastructure and energy, said Umesh Gupta, chairman of Gammon India Ltd, a leading Indian engineering and construction group. "You have a hungry economy crying out for energy and fuel," said Michael Carter, Austrade's Trade ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... Conference and Exhibition will enter day 2 of five days, and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering opens a two-day symposium, "Resources Boom: Opportunities and Consequences", featuring talks by representatives of the Australian ...

Low frills, high returns

In a world where many fund managers pump performance through frenzied financial engineering, boutique manager Hyperion keeps it simple to stay on top. For a fund manager that's ranked number one in Australian equities by Mercer for the 10 years to 31 ...

Goldman Sachs appoints senior investment manager

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
... information technology and discretionary retail stocks, and coverage responsibility for sectors including agriculture, engineering, capital goods and tourism, adds another layer of depth to our highly talented team." "We are extremely pleased to attract ...

Fiducian launches India fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
... fund's investments are weighted towards infrastructure, power and banking with 13 per cent invested in metals and basic engineering, 12 per cent in construction and 11 per cent in technology. The mid cap stock bias of the fund is designed to capture ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
... Petroleum rose three cents to $45.33, Santos three cents to $13.28, and Oil Search two cents to $3.70. In market news, engineering and construction firm, Leighton Holdings Ltd, will merge its Gulf region division with United Arab Emirates company, Al ...

Stop chasing artificial yields: PIR

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
... yields over the past five years have prompted some fund managers to artificially inflate their returns using financial engineering and other innovations. But that strategy won't stack up in a bear market and gives investors a false picture of the property ...