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GSJBW appoints co-CEO

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
Simon Rothery has been appointed co-chief executive of Goldman Sachs JBWere. In an email circulated to GSJBW staff yesterday, Stephen Fitzgerald, co-chief executive of the company announced the appointment of Rothery. Rothery replaces ex-co chief executive ...

Local funds hold firm on US equities

MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
Super funds are holding firm on their exposure to US equities despite the Dow Jones Index slipping below 7,000, its lowest level in more than a decade. Melbourne based investment consultancy, JANA Investment Advisers head of investment outcomes, Ken ...

Thank you RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... expressed when it decided to sit on its hands on the very day that the global equity markets suffered another anxiety attack. Yes Virginia, the RBA did nothing. That is nothing on interest rates but it surely did something more important - it shored ...

AIG subsidiaries to separate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
The record $A157 billion loss reported by AIG in the US and the resultant fourth rescue package from the US Treasury has resulted in the subsidiaries being quarantined into a special purpose vehicle, possibly in preparation for sale through an IPO. ...

The Ides of March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
In the Roman calendar, the ides of March refers to the 15th day of the month of March. It was a festive day celebrating the Mars, the god of war. In modern times it has taken on an ominous sense ever since Julius Caesar's assassination on this date ...

SMAs under ratings microscope: van Eyk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
Ratings and research group van Eyk is looking at developing a ratings methodology that will allow advisers to compare the range of separately managed accounts (SMAs) in the market, a small step that goes a long way in legitimising the inclusion of SMAs ...

Rising above the average: Fiducian

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
Financial services and advisory group Fiducian trailed behind some of its peers during the years of easy money but when the crunch came, it's the group's very same prudent strategy that saved the day. The numbers show a part of the story. The group ...

Adviser charged for contempt of court

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
Stephen Lewis Matthews of West Pymble has been found guilty in the Supreme Court of New South Wales of contempt of court for breach of orders made by the Court in proceedings previously brought by ASIC. On 4 October 2000, Justice Santow of the Supreme ...

Thumbs down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
Fizzler. This is the equity market's verdict on US President Barack Obama's latest salvo on preserving the 'American Dream'. If the Dow's overnight fall to a six-year low is anything to go by, yesterday's unveiling of the US$275 billion Homeowner Affordability ...

Govt move aids planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
The government's decision to temporarily suspend the minimum draw down requirement for account-based pensions allows planners the ability to keep their client's money invested in the market. Yesterday, minister for superannuation and corporate law ...