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New partner for First Quadrant

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... global equity models. More recently, Ye led the firm's effort to develop a full set of emerging market models that include country, currency and stock selection strategies. First Quadrant currently manages over $30 billion in actively and passively managed ...

Sub-prime not such a CAD after all

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... there will be cheering on the streets in Barton ACT where the Commonwealth Treasury has their offices. How lucky can one country get?

Investors look east, Australia falls behind

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... freedom, freedom from corruption and labour freedom," they said. Despite Australia faring well on the economic front, the country received a pounding in the foreign direct investment (FDI) sector as investors move to embrace emerging markets as the next ...

AustralianSuper selects JPMorgan

One of the country's largest super funds AustralianSuper has signed up JPMorgan to provide administration and reporting services tailored to private equity investments. JPMorgan said AustralianSuper is the first fund in Australia to use the Private ...

BRIC sector splits SRI managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... many emerging market companies, it was still possible to invest under their charter. "If it is a company operating in a country of concern, we look at different aspects of it way before looking at the financials. We would look if the company is involved ...

Who cares about the US, it's Asia that matters

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... one-third of our total export tally, which of course is why agriculturalists were our business juggernauts and why the Country Party was so dominant. Behind the UK, France took 9 per cent of our exports, followed Belgium which took 8 per cent and Germany ...

ARIA looking for new CEO

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
... with $20 billion in assets. Its PSSap fund is AAA rated by SelectingSuper and is one of the fastest growing funds in the country.

Consumer code needs overhaul

The Productivity Commission has issued a draft report calling for a review of the country's state and territory-based consumer policy framework and the introduction of a "single, generic consumer law" applying across Australia. The report said that ...

FF appoints investment director

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
... has appointed Mitchell Stack to investment director of fixed interest and alternatives. Stack was previously Australian country head and head of investments at Western Asset Management focusing on fixed income. Prior to this appointment, Stack was associate ...

China on shaky platform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
As international investment firms jostle to invest in China's growth story, a Wiley-Blackwell report found the country's position might not be as stable as previously thought. China as a Net Creditor: An Indication of Strength or Weakness? Found China's ...