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GVI hires new joint MD

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
Global Value Investors (GVI) has appointed former QBE fund manager Grant Cullens as joint managing director as it looks to expand its business. With over 20 years investment experience, Cullens joins GVI after serving as senior fund manager in international ...

TAAM adds to investment team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
Senior investment analyst Kenneth Wan will be joining the investment team of Treasury Asia Asset Management (TAAM), the boutique manager announced this morning. Wan brings ten years funds management experience in both Australian and Asian equities to ...

Speaker chaos could derail super reforms

Chaos engulfing the role of the speaker in Australia's hung parliament is significantly damaging the chances the government will be able to implement its superannuation and wealth management reform program. The latest confusion centres on accusations ...

Stress test stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
Look ma, I passed the test! Hip, hip... Eighty-four European banks received their certificate of financial health from the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) over the weekend. They'll survive a recession and a sovereign debt crisis if ...

Coalition's IR commitment locks in Award default funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
The Coalition's small target election strategy for industrial relations and their commitment to stick with the government's Fair Work Act means there will be no change to how default super funds are nominated in Awards. This follows Opposition Leader ...

AvSuper selects Hastings and Invesco

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
AvSuper has given $35 million to Invesco to invest in Australian small cap equities and $24 million to Hastings Funds Management as part of its expanding global infrastructure portfolio. Invesco was appointed in June to invest in Australian small cap ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
The Australian stock market has had mixed leads from offshore markets overnight, with Wall Street, gold and silver trading lower, while copper and oil prices were higher. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract ...

Turning Bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
Dear Abby, I have a confession to make...I think I'm losing my horns and my tail is growing shorter. My body is slowly being covered with fur, what used to be hooves are now claws and I am getting an unusual craving for honey. OMG! I think I'm turning ...

BRW Rich 200 lists fin services best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
Platinum's Kerr Neilson, ex-Macquarie chief Allan Moss and Maple-Brown Abbott co-founder Robert Maple-Brown led the charge of financial services execs who made it to this year's BRW Rich 200. Platinum manages more than $17 billion in client funds spread ...

UniSuper restructures management

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
The $25 billion UniSuper has overhauled the management structure across its advice, services, business and technology teams - with three executive managers leaving the fund. Following a recent review of business processes and accountabilities within ...