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Britten exits BlackRock

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... assume overall responsibility for the firm's business in Australia, effective immediately. Frawley has spent more than a decade working at BlackRock and, before0 that, more than a decade at BGI. He also will continue to serve as head of the global client ...

AXA AP angles for bigger slice of Aus market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
AXA Asia Pacific's full-year report today shed some light on why it's being courted by National Australia Bank and AMP, but also how it plans to grow its local revenues in the next few years. This morning the group announced that its profit after tax ...

Tiger year ushers investors to China

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
Planners spent the last decade educating clients about China's potential - but the Year of the Tiger could herald the new boom decade for local investors. Jonathan Wu, head of distribution and operations at Premium China Funds Management, said the Year ...

Islamic finance crucial for Australia: Crean

GOVERNMENT RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... Australia is well positioned to cater for the Islamic financing market, which has grown at 10 per cent per annum for a decade. "Islamic financing is a booming sector and Australia should be part of the action," said Crean. Islamic finance refers to the ...

Australia better than triple A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
"Absolutely not!" "That will never happen to this country." This was US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's when ABC News asked if he was concerned over a possible downgrade of America's credit rating. Worries about the US credit rating made the headlines ...

From ratchet to resilient: an economy in bloom

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... Tinto because we believe in this long-term trend." "China and India will shape the economy not just this year but the next decade," he said. He expects inflation to tick up slightly but to remain around 2.5 per cent. The local sharemarket, James said ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
Australian stocks are expected to open lower on Monday following a weak lead from the US and most major world markets. At 0733 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 47 points lower at 4,499. In economic news ...

Cromwell hires head of property services

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... property operations. Woodward comes to Cromwell after an extensive career in the property industry, including more than a decade with Mirvac Group in a range of senior roles covering property management and investment. He has also worked at Lend Lease ...

Greek tragedy overwhelms Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... globally." In ending, allow me to quote President Obama. "We have finished a difficult year. We have come through a difficult decade. But a new year has come. A new decade stretches before us. We don't quit. I don't quit."

Retirement savings gap to reshape Aussie workforce

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... from the current 9 per cent to 12 per cent. AIST head Fiona Reynolds said many workers reaching retirement age in the next decade would do so without the benefit of a working lifetime of full super contributions. For example, their own research found ...