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G20 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
Buying on news? Bargain-hunting? Attractive valuation? Crisis solved? Factor X? Whatever the reason, Wall Street see'd again when it should have saw'ed. US equities surged almost 7 per cent last night despite a plethora of more gloomy news. Below are ...

The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
Just less than a year ago, households, businesses and financial markets were bracing for crude oil at US$200 a barrel. And in July 2008, this fear threatened to become a reality when crude oil prices topped US$147.27 a barrel in the international markets. ...

Changing of the guard at Russell

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
Chris Corneil is the new head of Russell's Australian and New Zealand businesses after Alan Schoenheimer was promoted to lead the firm's international business operations. Russell's long-time chief executive of the Asia Pacific region, Alan Schoenheimer ...

Trader caught shorting despite ban

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
A Victorian-based trader could face more than two years in jail when he shorted certain stocks despite the regulator's interim short selling ban. ASIC alleged that between 28 May and 24 October 2007, Giovanni Spagnolo of Northcote, Victoria sold shares ...

Credit Suisse appoints private banking head

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
Credit Suisse has appointed Ray McGregor as managing director and head of private banking Australia. McGregor will be based in Sydney reporting functionally to Francois Monnet, head of private banking Southeast Asia and Australasia, and locally to country ...

Mortgage trusts face crisis of confidence

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
The fate of the country's $23 billion mortgage trust sector is in the hands of the more than 150,000 investors who now have to decide whether to stay put or bail out before more mortgage trusts freeze redemptions. The federal government's bank deposit ...

Hedge funds slam ban extension

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
The hedge fund industry has condemned the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) decision to extend the ban on short selling on non-financial stocks, declaring it will have "severe and immutable long-term effects". ASIC extended the ...

Search for equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
National governments, one on top of the other or in unison, have been throwing money and/or guarantees and/or lower interest rates at banks, financial institutions and the money markets to in order to restore confidence in the financial system. While ...

EAI merges with PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
Enhanced Analytics Initiative (EAI) and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) are joining forces to create a $15 trillion asset under management investment research firm. Both EAI and PRI initiatives aim to achieve better long-term investment ...

Lonsec hires head of ratings

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
Ratings house Lonsec has appointed Paul Pavlidis as head of ratings - equity managed funds. Pavlidis will begin his role next January and will be responsible for coordinating Lonsec's research of global and Australian equity managed funds. He will lead ...