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Up, down, flat trading day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... another a,-4.8B (US$6.6 bil) of austerity measures which he considers "difficult" yet needed for "the survival of our country and our economy". But wait! Indices are weakening and fell below the zero line by mid-afternoon. What's a poor finance reporter ...

Underinsurance to hit crisis point

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... understand the value of financial security, with the surge of income protection policies written in 2008 and 2009. The country's largest super funds have also introduced better group insurance cover for their members in the past two years at little or ...

AXA Framlington eyes Japanese tech firms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... more than 10 per cent of its portfolio to Japanese companies to access firms selling robotics technology to China as the country's demand for sophisticated technology grows. The qualitative fund manager's Global Opportunities fund, which beat the MSCI ...

Fund managers to tap gov't capital

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
Fund managers around the country are invited to submit applications under the latest round of the Government's venture capital support program, the Innovation Investment Fund (IIF). Opening the latest application round last Friday, innovation minister ...

Introducing Chris Condon Fin Services

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... asset consultant and 12 years as chief investment officer of one of the largest manager of managers operations in the country stands him in good stead to win clients. "It's those sort of skills that I am making available as appropriate and as needed," ...

Funds want better EMs access

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... ground, said Murphy. "Australian super funds are getting to the point where they don't want just an EM fund but specific country exposure with say a Brazilian equity manager," he said. The number of mandates used by funds increasing disproportionately ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... 1,102.99. Global markets were under pressure as credit agencies warned of further downgrades to Greece, which could hurt the country's efforts to tackle its debt crisis. Closer to home, the market shuddered after the US Labor Department said new claims ...

Goldman Sachs backs Greek swap deal

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... dollar and Japanese Yen issued by Greece by the end of 2000. Between December 2000 and June 2001, the Mediterranean-based country entered into new cross currency swaps and restructured its cross currency swap portfolio with Goldman Sachs at a historical ...

Austock appoints former Merrill chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... Australia as head of Australian sales and was promoted the next year to head of Australian equities before being appointed co-country head in 2002. A year later he moved to Hong Kong with the firm to become head of equities and equity trading in the ...

HOSTPLUS $1bn mandate up for grabs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... understand the investment mood and economic conditions of China. The fund has ruled out directly investing in the Communist country. However, Sicilia said the fund was not averse to finding a "partner" who, in the future when the fund's asset allocation ...