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Generation fund gets three-stars

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
... First State (CFS). It is managed by US-based Generation Investment Management, which is co-founded by former US vice president Al Gore and former chief executive of Goldman Sach's asset management David Blood. "Investors should be aware that the Australian ...

BlackRock co-founder calls it a day

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
BlackRock co-founder and president Ralph Schlosstein has announced his resignation, effective immediately, to pursue "other entrepreneurial interests". While Schlosstein will remain as an advisor until early 2008, the board has promoted Robert Kapito ...

Encrypt your email: Tumbleweed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
... their outgoing emails are encrypted to ensure no one else can view them," said Stree Naidu, Asia Pacific and Japan vice president of Tumbleweed, a company that provides secure internet communication solutions for the US armed forces. Naidu also warned ...

NASDAQ casts net in the Middle East

... issued share capital in London Stock Exchange Group PLC from NASDAQ at a price of 14.14 pounds per share. Bob Greifeld, president and chief executive officer of NASDAQ said in a statement, "The combination will create the largest global network of exchanges ...

Green fund for the mainstream

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
Former US vice president Al Gore made a flying visit to Australia to officially launch the Generation Global Sustainability fund, a new product that suits investors who want to invest in a green fund with a slightly different twist. The underlying manager ...

Sunsuper digs deeper into alternatives

... alternative investments. While at AMP, he was responsible for AMP insurance funds and was a founding director and past president of the CFA Society of Sydney. With a bigger investment team in place, the fund's chief investment officer David Hartley said ...

High tech maladies

... toolkits accounted for 42 percent of all phishing attacks detected during the half year to June. Arthur Wong, senior vice president of Symantec Security Response and Managed Services said, "Hackers are taking this trend to the next level by making cybercrime ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2007
... Australian Financial Markets Report and Invest Australia's annual financial services Benchmark Report. Former US vice president Al Gore and former NSW Premier Bob Carr speak in Sydney today at the investment market launch. The Australian sharemarket ...

Fidelity lures Doherty from Perpetual

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2007
... discussions with a lot of people and I really got excited about the potential that they have." Brett Goodin, Asia Pacific president of Fidelity International, said, "As a highly respected figure in the industry, Gerard brings a wealth of experience to ...

Mobile banking the next frontier

... transactions such as checking account balances or paying for goods and services while on the move. Matthew Talbot, vice president of Sybase 365, said that mobile banking also offers financial services companies a new revenue opportunity with up to a ...