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BlackRock appoints new MD for Brazil

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
BlackRock has appointed Luiz Felipe Andrade as managing director and country head of Brazil, who will be responsible for expanding BlackRock's footprint in the country. Andrade will lead a local team of 16 professionals located in BlackRock's Brazil ...

Speaker chaos could derail super reforms

... member is made speaker and say a division (vote) were called while Kevin Rudd foreign affairs minister was out of the country at the same time as say the Treasurer was away at a G20 meeting or the defence minister was visiting troops then the government ...

Bad hair day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... becoming more confident in taking on debt? Ahhh, debt - that lonely, unloved word of the times. While many a developed country has been sunk and continues to sink because of debt, Australia is happily trekking along. Elsewhere, Japan's recent currency ...

Indian pension funds poised for growth

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Recent reforms to India's pension system could foster a "shareholder society" that will underpin the country's equity markets for years to come, market watchers say. India, like most emerging market economies, has no universal retirement safety net. ...

Singapore to win asset mgmt race: report

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... the report, however the predictions for Singapore come during a time when the Federal Government seeks to promote the country as a financial services hub. For instance, the former Rudd Government cut withholding tax for distributions to offshore investors ...

Yen sunk but not for long

BENJAMIN ONG IS FINANCIAL STANDARD'S DAILY COLUMNIST ON THE ECONOMY  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... "sage of Omaha", Warren Buffett is back in the headlines again. Bloomberg quoted him saying, "I am a huge bull on this country. We will not have a double-dip recession at all. I see our businesses coming back almost across the board." Makes me think ...

Singapore: the cloud computing hub

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... serve multi-national corporations in the region, including major financial institutions. It pointed out, however, that the country suffers from high real estate costs and energy supply challenges but said a number of developments are creating a "virtuous ...

AMP buys $80m social infra fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... will be renamed the AMP Capital Community Infrastructure Fund. The existing portfolio consists of four assets across the country, specifically the schools II initiative in New South Wales, the emergency alerting system in Victoria, the Southbank Institute ...

FSP appoints recruitment manager

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... spearhead the dealer group's growth plans. The appointment coincides with FSP's Future Directions Symposium events around the country, designed to help planners transition to the fee-for-service model. "Allan is very familiar with our business, having ...