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Web 2 social networking websites under attack

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
Research from anti virus software firm, AVG, has found social networking and banking websites are becoming attractive places for cyber criminals to steal private information for financial profit. The AVG research revealed major virus threats were found ...

CAAM capitalises on crisis

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
Credit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) is steering its alternative investment strategies towards credit markets to capitalise on mispricing within the sector. Carl Dunning-Gribble, chief investment manager in alternative investments at CAAM, said the ...

Snowball rolls up three advice practices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
Financial services group, Snowball has purchased a fixed proportion of business and revenue from three undisclosed Sydney based financial planning practices, adding almost $200 million in funds under advice to the group. This follows Snowball's purchase ...

Schroders expands fixed income team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
Schroders Investment Management Australia has appointed Peter Fullerton to head of credit research in its fixed income team. The newly created position follows the appointment of Steven Hur to credit analyst in November last year. In this role Fullerton ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... Oxiana Ltd managing director Owen Hegarty speaks at Melbourne Mining Club and Territory Resources Ltd executive chairman Michael Kiernan speaks at Sydney Mining Club. The Australian share market closed weaker on Wednesday amid fresh jitters over a large ...

Macquarie ushers new chief

... their development." Moore and Moss have had a lengthy working relationship spanning more than two decades. Meanwhile, Michael Carapiet, who is currently joint head of Macquarie Capital Advisers, will fill in Moore's position as head of Macquarie Capital. ...

Fed Govt creates financial services task force

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
The Rudd Labor Government has called on senior government officials to form the Financial Services Working Group, aimed at dealing with financial services advice and disclosure issues. The Financial Services Working Group includes senior officers from ...

World bank names new chief economist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
Chinese national, Justin Lin, has become the first emerging country-born expert to be appointed chief economist and senior vice president for development economics at the World Bank. Lin replaces Francois Bourguignon in May, after he retired to become ...

QIC tops up Pengana mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
QIC has boosted its mandate to Pengana Capital's Global Volatility Fund by $111.5 million, three months after it gave the fund an initial $167 million fund injection. QIC now has $278.5 million invested in the Global Volatility strategy after the firm's ...

ING IM and Credit Agricole win $1.1b Philippine mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
ING Investment Management (ING IM) and Credit Agricole Asset Management (Singapore) beat 36 global fund managers and custodians to manage the Philippine Government Service Insurance System's $1.1 billion global asset mandate. The Government Service ...