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Let's party!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... despite all the bold utterances by several Fed members preferring an early end to QE2 and/or ending the bond purchase programme and/or raising interest rates, there were no dissenters in last night's FOMC vote - zilch, nil, nada. Kansas City Fed President ...

AustralianSuper assets under 'climate change' test

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... equity assets in various ways. One new measure will be to request details from its domestic property managers on their programme to obtain or upgrade their NABERS energy star ratings. The fund will also seek greater details from international property ...

Funds must invest in ESG expertise

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... asset managers with around $22 trillion of AUM have already committed to the UN Principles of Responsible Investing programme.

KPMG investment consulting no direct threat

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... knowledge of underlying asset and associated risks, needed to appropriately review and undertake a direct investment programme. "That for me is a very significant differentiator from the traditional asset consultants. I think they are aware of the growing ...

Advisers compare insurance on smartphones

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
Financial advisers will be able to compare life insurance from major insurers on their Blackberries, Androids, iPhones or any smartphone after technology provider Omnium widened the capability of its free quoting application. The pioneering firm was ...

Intl wealth mgmt sector rallies

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... unable to supply information by deadline and MLC/NAB issued no response. Update at 3.58pm: Macquarie has a matching programme for all staff donations to assist the disaster relief efforts in Japan. Staff in the Tokyo office have set up a number of charity ...

RockStar charity raises $120k

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
The Financial Industry Community Aid Programme (FICAP) staged its fifth successful fundraising event 'Who Wants To Be A RockStar?' last night, raising more than $120,000 for charity. Over 400 wealth management professionals gathered at the Loft in Sydney ...

Temasek boosts Singapore SMEs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... amount of private-sector capital to bring the total amount to S$500 million. "We are pleased to participate in this programme, and see opportunities for private equity to add value to the growth of Singapore-based SMEs," said Jimmy Phoon, head of strategy ...

ECB relents, sort of

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... interest rates and over periods of up to three months. Similarly, the ECB would maintain the existing bond purchase programme announced last May. That should suffice. No "extra" bond purchases. How could it when the ECB's one of the primary critics of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
The Australian market is receiving strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with all significant equities indices down sharply, along with base metals. Precious metals were higher, however, as was oil. On the ASX 24 at 0715 AEDT, the ...