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Bill failed, what next?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... months, we're not talking about earnings going down 20 to 30 per cent." Vanguard Australia's chief investment officer Eric Smith agreed and said in the direct retail space, there's been more churn but that larger clients are putting more money into equities. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... for August, while the Merrill Lynch and Capgemini Asia Pacific Wealth Report will be released. ANZ chief executive Mike Smith will speak at an Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce (AICC) lunch in Sydney. Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co Ltd will deliver ...

Adam Smith hires portfolio manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
Boutique Australian equities investment manager Adam Smith Asset Management has appointed Stephen Atkinson as portfolio manager within its small cap Australian equities team. Atkinson has been a portfolio manager at MMC Asset Management, Credit Suisse ...

DC pension risk reviews flawed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... contribution (DC) pension schemes carried out a risk assessment in the last 12 months despite continued bad markets. Gary Smith, Watson Wyatt senior DC consultant, said this number of risk assessments over a year period is too low, particularly for defined ...

Moral hazard remains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... expansion progressed, excesses built up and then cleansing. This was how the US economic cycle back then. After the war Adam Smith's 'invisible hand' which theorized that an economic system that allows individuals to pursue their own self-interest under ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... Ltd-operated Spence copper mine. BHP Billiton fell 68 cents, or 1.73 per cent, to $38.61. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said the market was coping well given the negative lead from overseas. "The resources are following the bigger markets. ...

NabInvest appoints new retail distrib head

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
NAB investment arm nabInvest has promoted Peter Smith to the role of head of retail distribution. Smith will be responsible for the development and execution of the retail sales strategy for nabInvest, including developing relationships within the financial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... futures contract was down 130 points to 4,875 on big volume of 15,870 contracts. Bell Potter Brisbane senior adviser Stuart Smith said the US sub-prime problems were affecting the local market heavily. Every stock in the Dow had fallen last night after ...

Shaw grows business in shaky times

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... key hires have been made in Melbourne. Daniel Sharp also joined as executive director of corporate finance and Matthijs Smith, who has a background in biotechnology, will join Shaw's research team. Both come from Lodge Corporate. The increase in staff ...

Alternatives: shock absorbers of sub-prime

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... investing. A good example is infrastructure. "Australia's probably led the way in areas like infrastructure," said Robert Graham-Smith, portfolio manager at Select. "We read a lot of anecdotal evidence that infrastructure is a newly discovered asset ...