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Greenspan put

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
"...I'm finding it very difficult to look into the future and not worry about that." This was Citizen Alan Greenspan talking on Bloomberg Television. Alan was referring to America's "federal debt" and its "capacity to borrow". He must have thought it ...

ASX targets ETF growth market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is ramping up its exchange traded fund (ETF) business as more providers enter the market to cope with rising demand. Richard Murphy, general manager - equity markets at the ASX, said local ETF funds under management ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
The Australian share market has received positive leads from overseas, with Wall Street indices and the oil price up. Metals prices were lower, however. At 0721 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 26 points higher ...

BNP Asia Pac transition complete

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
BNP Paribas Securities Services has completed the final migration of all its global custody assets in-house onto a single Asia Pacific platform. Clients are now serviced from this platform, and are getting access to continuous linked settlement for ...

ASX appoints deputy CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
The Australian Securities Exchange has appointed Peter Hiom as deputy chief executive, and restructured the group executive responsibilities within ASX. In a statement listed on the exchange, the group announced Peter Hiom will assume the role of deputy ...

Health Super reviews intl equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
Health Super has reviewed its international equities portfolio, cutting three investment mandates being cut and focusing on high conviction strategies. Chris Clausen, chief executive at Health Super, said the fund reviewed its international fund manager ...

LGS to boost sustainability team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
NSW-based Local Government Super (LGS) is searching for a sustainability officer to assist in monitoring its investments. The successful candidate will report to the fund's chief investment officer. The fund is a signatory to the United Nations Principles ...

AUSCOAL tags health fund and credit union

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
The $4.8 billion AUSCOAL Super is teaming up with a mining-focused health fund and credit union to provide expanded services to its members. AUSCOAL Super, which had $4.82 billion at the end of September according to Rainmaker Information, said it was ...

Schroders scoops intl equities mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
Schroder Investment Management Limited (Schroders) has won an international equities mandate with WA-based fund GESB. In a press statement, GESB noted it chose Schroders following a review of the core component of its $2.7 billion international equity ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
The Australian sharemarket has received positive leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing higher and commodities prices firmer. At 0720 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 65 points higher at 4,840. ...