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PIMCO appoints insto specialist

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
Bond investment manager PIMCO has appointed a new executive vice president to help service an anticipated increase in demand from superannuation clients looking to fixed interest for reliable returns. Eric Frerer has been appointed executive vice president ...

Second Fincorp director not guilty

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
Fincorp company director, Jacob Quigley, has been found not guilty, just four weeks after the firm's former chief executive was sentence to prison. Quigley, the former finance director of Fincorp Investments, was found not guilty of breaching his duties ...

Grant Samuel bags $800 million mandate

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
Epoch Investment Partners, a global strategic partner of Grant Samuel Funds Management (GSFM), has received an $800 million mandate from AMP Capital for its Global Equity Shareholder Yield strategy. AMP Capital is investing in the fund, popular for ...

May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
On the last trading day of April, I opened my daily piece with: "... this is investors' last day to decide whether or not to "sell in May and go away"." And concluded that, "... it might be prudent to bag some of those profits and go away in May. Just ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
The outlook is positive for the Australian market on Thursday, with strong leads from Wall Street and European equities markets overnight, and higher prices in oil and precious metals. At 0711 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract ...

Much ado over a known known

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
Is this the start of something big... or another dip buying op? Wall Street retreated big time last night. The S&P 500, the Dow and the Nasdaq all closed 1.1 per cent leaner. Is it perhaps investors want to gain a head start on that good 'ol adage ...

Fincorp chief handed reduced jail term

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
Former chief executive and chairman of Fincorp Investments, Eric Krecichwost, has been jailed for three and a half years. Krecichwost was sentenced at the Parramatta district court on April 8 in relation to three offences arising from the dishonest ...

Bad news bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
ave the grizzlies driven the dip buyers away? Americans came back from their President's Day holiday and saw that nervy days are back again. The S&P 500 index dropped by 2.1 per cent overnight - its biggest in 6 months - and the VIX or "fear index" ...

Value Partners top Asia fund tables

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
Value Partners, the fund manager underpinning Sydney-based Premium China Fund, has once again scored top rankings in the Thomson Reuters Extel Surveys. The fifth annual survey results asked executives of several hundred firms including brokers, broking ...

SimCorp signs Fennia Mutual

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
Finland-based Finnish Fennia Mutual Insurance Company has chosen SimCorp Dimension as its new investment management platform. Fennia Mutual Insurance Company will be using SimCorp Dimension front-to-back. Following a detailed selection process, Fennia ...