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Magellan Global tops overseas shares manager list

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... growth profile in the emerging markets. The fund also bought Google and eBay shares, which are currently trading at 14 and 7 times earnings respectively, a far cry from when these shares were trading at 50 to 200 times PE multiples. "Google is like the ...

Time to go green: Tyndall

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... long term issues are more relevant to our investment style than say [another manager] which changes their portfolio three times a year," said Roger Collison, head of research for Tyndall's intrinsic values equities team. A direct result of this transaction ...

Morgan Stanley and Citi to merge

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... mergers and acquisition activities such as Merill Lynch's sale to Bank of America for US$50 billion to survive these turbulent times. The transaction, which has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies, is expected to close in the third ...

The January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... quickly reinvest their money in the market, causing stock prices to rise. The January effect has been observed numerous times throughout history, though the first week of January 2008 was a notable exception." A corollary to this is that the stock market's ...

Nicholas-Applegate's 130/30 gets nod

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... and there's speculation that the Australian regulator will lift it on financial stocks in the near future. "During these times of extreme market volatility the benefits of being able to go short in stocks as well as having long positions are important. ...

Storm enters voluntary administration

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... aggressive demand, the company was forced to this action," he said. "We were steering the business through these tough economic times but the bank's demand put that beyond us." Cassimatis said he hoped the administrators would be able to find an equitable ...

Sunsuper signs on SunGard

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... the deal. These solutions will help streamline and automate Sunsuper's administrative processes. "Quicker enquiry response times, better web technology with a more efficient, online service, as well as a raft of new online self-service features, are ...

Aviva covers risky jobs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... month in the event of the insured not being able to perform two out of five 'activities of daily living' as well as six times the monthly benefit in the event of a defined Critical Condition occurring. "We wanted to [extend this benefit] to provide an ...

APRA to review exec pay

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... remuneration have been very low key, institutions in the US are taking a more proactive position. According to the New York Times, Morgan Stanley has even gone as far as introducing claw-back provisions so executives will have to repay bonuses if investment ...

BT upgrades insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... insurance processing system that cuts the amount of required paperwork from 16 pages to four and reduced the amount of waiting times. BT Financial Group launched its version the short form product disclosure statement (PDS) for insurance on the Wrap ...