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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... Billiton added 59 cents, or 1.6 per cent, to $37.50 after it announced it had sold its Richards Bay Minerals arm in South Africa to Rio Tinto, in a deal that sees BHP exiting the titanium metals industry. Rio Tinto gained $1.82, or 2.6 per cent, to $70.56. ...

Pengana fund manager departs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... Gensec. He also worked as a trader/analyst, as well as a hedge fund arbitrage manager and proprietary trader in both South Africa and Ireland. Pengana's Asian Equities fund invests in listed Asia Pacific securities, including those listed outside ...

2011: hits and misses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
Well this is it folks, my last piece for the Year 2011 - the year most of us would like to forget. And for my finale, I'd like to take you back to the beginning. At the start of 2011, I wrote: "If you think 2010 was a challenging year, early indications ...

JP Morgan names CEO WSS for Aust, NZ

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... Kelley was managing director and regional business head of Citigroup's securities and fund Services Europe, Middle East and Africa division. "Mark brings more than 20 years of financial services experience to his new role and will be an invaluable addition ...

Reinsurance talent runs dry

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... search while local candidates are experiencing a new sense of control in job negotiations. Candidates from the UK, South Africa and New Zealand are now the most common new source of reinsurance talent with claims people, underwriters and analysts of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
Australian shares had held on to their slight opening gains at noon, led by defensive sectors such as healthcare and consumer staples. At 1225 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 24.8 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 4253.4, while the broader ...

FPA welcomes standards

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... the Australian population and 3,400 unique visits to the campaign website. Around 1000 delegates from Australia, South Africa, Hong Kong and New Zealand were in attendance, making it a "truly international event", said Master of Ceremonies, Andrew Kl ...

State Street expands Australian global markets team

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... business in the region. His previous role was as securities finance asset liability manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and the Asia Pacific region, where he worked closely with governments, regulators, central banks, central securities ...

Northern Trust MD changes hands

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... Cherecwich, head of global fund services and regionally to Wilson Leech, chief executive officer for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Cutts replaces retiring head, Vic Holmes. Singh was head of sales for Northern Trust's asset servicing business ...

Cloud software brings pay-per-audit revolution

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... Sage is part of a multinational group operates in more than 26 countries covering the UK, Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia, India and China, it says on its website.