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Risk technology reloaded

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
Technology firm Sybase plans to help local investment managers avoid the mistakes of Wall Street when it launched a trading technology platform that alerts an investment firm to counterparty risk problems sooner rather than later. Last week, Sybase ...

CalPERS reviews cost of hedge

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
One of the largest super funds in the US, CalPERS, plans to put more emphasis on a hedge fund manager's long term returns than short term returns when negotiating fund fees - signalling a new way super funds pay for performance. CalPERS said in a press ...

Bonus hocus pocus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
... our greed.' Barely a day has passed when, Saturday morning, Bloomberg splashed out this news item: 'Bank of America Corp. plans to increase some investment bankers' salaries by as much as 70 percent following the takeover earlier this year of Merrill ...

Storm enters liquidation

MEDIA RELEASES  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... he said. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) welcomed the court's decision. The regulator said it plans to work closely with the liquidators to ensure the process is quick, an ASIC statement said.

Regulate...then regulate some more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... us no Or where to go Or say we're only dreaming' Now Timmy - like his predecessors - is telling us no and where to go. He plans to set-up a big all-encompassing regulator whose job it is to wag its fingers and say, 'No, no...you must be dreaming!' Isn't ...

Vanguard expands sales team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
Vanguard is on an expansion trail having appointed a Western Australian BDM and unveilling plans to open a Queensland office - a contrast to many other fund managers which are restructuring their teams. Eu-Jene Teng comes to Vanguard with over nine ...

St. John leaves UniSuper

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... challenging investment environment we are now facing with a sense of confidence and opportunity," said McCredden. St. John said he plans to take at least a six-month break to pursue personal business interests, spend more time with his family and play ...

Not-for-profit super funds reign

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees and University of Sydney showed that industry, corporate and public service plans consistently outperformed for-profit retail funds by up to 2.4 per cent per annum from March 2004 to December 30 last year. ...

Euro fixed income ETF assets grow 250 pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... the majority of the db x-tracker fixed income ETF range is listed on Frankfurt Xetra and Borsa Italiana, however we have plans to launch a dedicated range of fixed income ETFs for the UK market later this year," he said. Although this ETF segment achieved ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... past two days. The major indices eked out gains for the week. The Fed jolted the market this week with an announcement of plans to buy hundreds of billions of dollars worth of debt securities in hopes of reviving lending. Stocks initially jumped on Wednesday ...