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Fed trumps Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
The S&P 500 index notched another fresh record high overnight - up by 0.3% to 2,404.39 points - and the VIX index dropped to a reading of 10.02 - the market has never been this fearless in more than 23 years (January 1994 when the index read 9.94) - ...

Aon Risk Solutions appoints exec from Allianz

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
Aon Risk Solutions (ARS) Australia has appointed Giselle Walther as its new managing director of growth strategies. Walther was previously head of corporate market management - Americas, for Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty. She has held senior ...

A$ rising on China slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
Uh-oh, Governor Glen Stevens won't be a happy little Vegemite this morning. No Virginia... not with headlines proclaiming the Australian dollar's comeback - as in, it's again on the rise against the US dollar. My Bloomberg screen shows the A$ fetched ...

UBS nabs head of Investment Strategy from CFS

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... will be responsible for Australian economic and investment research which are key inputs to Global Investment Solutions' (GIS) Australian multi-asset strategies. She will also join the Australian Investment Committee, chaired by Keiko Kondo, senior Portfolio ...

Don't sell your fixed income investments: JBWere

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
Even though bond yields sit at record low levels, it would be unwise for investors to sell out of their fixed income assets, warned JBWere's Giselle Roux. The chief investment officer and head of investment strategy group at the private wealth specialist ...

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012

UBS promotes Rider to new head of inv strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... Asset Management has promoted Mark Rider to head of investment strategy, Australia, within the Global Investment Solutions (GIS) team. This is the first senior appointment to the GIS team in Australia, which UBS said was a clear sign of its focus on ...

GVI launches unhedged global industrial fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
International equities investment manager Global Value Investors has launched an unhedged version of its Global Industrial Share Fund (GISF). Head of investments at GVI, Roy Chen, said the new fund would provide greater choice for investors at both ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
Europhobe. Dictionary.com defines this as "a person who dislikes Europe, its culture, and Europeans," to which we may now add, the euro. Yes Virginia, it seems most of us are turning Europhobes now. Greece gave euros a bad smell and now financial markets ...

Sec lending to split from custody

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
The multi-million dollar securities lending market in Australia could be in for a shakeup as super funds consider separating their custodial services from securities lending and cash collateral management. Giselle Awad, senior vice president business ...