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PIMCO appoints new vice president

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... Australia's chief John Wilson said the appointment follows a rise in the demand for fixed interest solutions due to the country's ageing population and an increase in the number of assets held by retirees. "Fixed interest portfolios have a vital role ...

Bear killer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... and Germany tragedy currently showing at your nearest screens. Greece will meet its budget target, until it doesn't. The country's Finance Ministry revealed that Greece will not, will not, meet its deficit target this year. Surprise of all surprises! ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... fallen sharply at the open, but rallied on speculation that the French government was drawing up plans to recapitalise the country's ailing banks, amid persistent worries over their exposure to Greece. The euro sank to $US1.3363, hitting the lowest point ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... is close to defaulting on its debt obligations as Greek and European leaders make very little progress on solving the country's financial woes, which analysts say could spread to other economies. Tokyo ended 1.61 per cent, or 142.92 points, lower at ...

Instos urged to grab sovereign debt chance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... diversified benchmark and we've been working to develop ideas around that," said Britton. "You constrain how much any country can represent and try to get rid of this slightly artificial barrier between emerging markets and developed markets. I'd certainly ...

Super funds push for better hedge fund governance

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... between the providers of capital and the hedge fund community. According to Rainmaker Research, the Future Fund is the country's largest investor in hedge fund assets with more than $13 billion invested in the sector. The principles were released at ...

Asian counterweight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... can attest to this. There's no talk about the ailments afflicting America and Europe, notwithstanding that most of the country's income is derived from remittances from workers in these regions. Consumers were just happily consuming and companies erecting ...

Damned to default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... that, "Greece is likely to miss its budget-deficit targets this year," is hardly surprising. According to the WSJ, the country's budget deficit will exceed 8.5% of GDP this year (10% of GDP according to The Economist Intelligence Unit), "as the government ...

Uncertainty and consolidation just the beginning: AFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... Count, we believe the sale of the largest independently-owned network of financial planning accountants and advisers in the country, to one of the big listed players may be a sign of things to come." The AFA also believes advisers have been put at a ...

Mandiri open for Australian insto business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... opportunities invariably focus almost exclusively on China but Indonesian investment managers are making a case that their country is in an early phase of the economic development cycle and represents opportunities just as significant as their higher ...