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Medcraft to chair IOSCO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft has been elected chairman of the board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) at the annual conference in Beijing. Medcraft's IOSCO term will begin when current chairman, Masamichi Kono, steps ...

UBS launches MySuper designed funds

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
UBS Global Asset Management has this week launched two new wholesale products designed with a view to the upcoming MySuper legislative changes and in response to client demand. The UBS Tactical Beta Fund - Conservative and the UBS Tactical Beta Fund ...

10m Aussies 'Like' Facebook

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
A new survey reveals 50% of Americans think Facebook is just a passing fad, but don't tell that to the 10 million Australians that use it, making Australia on a per capita basis one of Facebook's best markets. According to telephone survey of 1004 American ...

That anxious wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
If you're in Victoria (Australia) and you watch television, chances are you've probably seen Quit Victoria's new anti-smoking ad. I don't know if this is shown in the other states but the ad shows a fretful young dad in a hospital waiting room waiting ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on US markets overnight and continued political uncertainty in Europe. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down six points at 4,155. In economic news ...

Grexit and the games people play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
It is ironic that the country that brought the world the story of the "Sword of Damocles" is itself now that very sword dangling precariously above the heads of world financial markets. Any moment now. Events in Greece over the past few days have jacked ...

Fidante expands Asian footprint with MIR

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
Fidante Partners has grown its Asian equities asset base by more than $1 billion after buying MIR Investment Management in a milestone deal announced this week. Rob Woods, chief executive in funds management at Challenger, the ASX-listed owner of Fidante ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
SYDNEY - Australian shares are set for a flat start to the week as investors await developments in Europe. Greece moved closer to fresh elections on the weekend as talks between political parties, who are divided over austerity measures, failed to establish ...

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
My, my, hey, hey, rock n' roll is here to stay - or in our case Europe's sovereign debt, fiscal deficit, financial, banking, economic, political and social crisis. You name the crisis. One or more members of the Eurozone's got one, or more, or all of ...

Hastings consortium snaps up de-sal plant

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
An international consortium including the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan and two funds owned by Westpac subsidiary Hastings Funds Management has signed off on a $2.3bn deal to lease the NSW desalination plant. Finalised only six days after offers were ...