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Challenger selects Five Oceans for Asian equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
Challenger Managed Investments has changed the investment manager of its Asian and China funds from Halbis Capital Management to Five Oceans Asset Management, resulting in a revised investment strategy. Challenger bought HSBC's asset management division ...

GMO and Lazard win combined $1.4bn in mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
Ipac has appointed $700 million mandates with GMO and Lazard as part of its Australian equities portfolio overhaul. Multi-manager ipac is rehashing its $4 billion Australian equities portfolio with new 'tailored mandates' that allow active managers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... is due out. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment for September will also be released. In equities, ABB Grain Ltd shareholders will meet to consider a scheme of arrangement to enable takeover by Viterra Inc. The World Bank will ...

BlackRock tops diversified funds review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
BlackRock Investment Management is the only fund manager to receive a 'highly recommended' rating from Lonsec in its diversified funds sector review. Deanne Fuller, investment analyst at Lonsec, said the fund manager's rating was upgraded from last ...

Meredith Whitney

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
Meredith Whitney is the name, don't wear it out! It took just one woman with gumption to whip Wall Street back in the right direction. US President Obama, displaying his inherent gift of the gab, was ignored. So were US Treasury Timmy Geithner and Ben ...

Club Plus overhauls Aussie eq

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
The $1.3 billion industry fund Club Plus Super has axed the majority of its Aussie equities investment managers - leaving the fund with just four major managers to take care of a $400 million domestic equities portfolio. Club Plus Super, the industry ...

Unions attack retirement age change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
Just as leading Unions have stepped up their battle against lifting the retirement age, the government has been forced to dismiss their claims for special rules for manual workers labelling them unfair. The Australian newspaper today reported that the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
... among the pigeons for a while," said EL&C Baillieu Stockbroking director Richard Morrow. "We have had a takeover emerge of ABB Grain, so that sent shares in that sector quite sharply higher," he said. At 1206 AEST, shares in GrainCorp were up 7.93 per ...

Maple-Brown Abbott appoints new CEO

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
John Kightley, chief executive of Maple-Brown Abbott is stepping down in June and will be replaced by director Garth Rossler. According to a press statement, Kightley is due to retire in June but will remain a director and major shareholder of the firm. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... AGL Energy Ltd. Annual results are due from APN News & Media Ltd, Austar United Communications Ltd and Macquarie Airports. ABB Grain Ltd and Graincorp Ltd hold annual general meetings. In Australia on Tuesday, the Australian share market closed at its ...