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The road to ruin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... expects to complete its review of Greece's A3 sovereign bond rating shortly after the details of the euro area/IMF programme are unveiled. Moody's has consistently maintained that Greece's short-term liquidity and restructuring risks are ...

Government plants $60m innovation funding seed

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... funds that will help innovative new life sciences, IT and medical research companies get off the ground. Under the IIF programme, venture capital funds receive a ten year licence, the first half of which is to be used to deploy the capital. Beyond that ...

State Street secures REST lending deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... agent, building on their relationship established earlier this year. State Street will now deliver a securities lending programme for REST's global bond and equity investments. In January, State Street and REST signed a long-term superannuation servicing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
The Australian share market opened slightly lower, dragged down by European debt concerns but balanced by a surge in oil and energy stocks. At 1013 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 0.8 points lower at 4,628, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

JP Morgan appoints direct custody head

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... and NZ and will be responsible for the team. Clere joins the firm from leading aHong Kong financial services firm's programme management function across 15 Asia Pacific markets. She also has experience in executive management roles in Australia, New ...

Sunsuper appoints ESG specialist

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
The $17 billion industry fund Sunsuper is actively increasing its focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment by creating a new management role. Stuart Wilson, former chief executive officer at the Australian Shareholders' Association ...

Securitor to grow planner network

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... those opportunities," said Englund. Securitor has recently rolled out an initiative to create a fee for advice pricing programme with some of its leading practices, which it will extend more broadly over the next 12 months. "It's a 12 week programme ...

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.