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Toot those Vuvuzelas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
The Australian share market remained lower at noon as resource and financial stocks continued to fall in morning trade. At 1205 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 47.1 points, or 1.05 per cent, at 4,438.9, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Martin Currie buys $480m hedge fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
Martin Currie has bought Sofaer Capital's European long/short equity business, a hedge fund with more than $480 million in assets. The deal means the principals of the fund, Michael Browne and Steve Frost, join Martin Currie in July. Charlotte Dagg ...

Prudential halts AIA talks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010

AFA airs planner worries on fin reforms

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
Planning body AFA continues its dialogue with Canberra about proposed government reforms that will lift industry standards, on the whole, but could also hurt the future of small to medium size Independent Financial Advisers (IFAs). Richard Klipin, chief ...

Wealth transfer strategies top adviser books

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
The type of financial planners that will 'inherit the earth' are those with the best wealth transfer strategies to recommend to clients, research shows. Latest data from the Lifeplan Financial Advice Satisfaction Index show that 61.6 per cent of 400 ...

Australian Ethical CIO resigns

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
Australian Ethical Investment's chief investment officer Martin Halloran has resigned to take up an undisclosed senior role in public service. Head of research James Jordan will assume his post in the interim. Phillip Vernon, chief executive of Australian ...

Changing of the guard at Temasek

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
Australian fund managers looking to do business with Asian sovereign fund Temasek will need to woo new leaders at the firm namely the new president and the new head of portfolio management announced last week. Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara has been appointed ...

RIP May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
It's a wrap! Once again, the age-old adage "sell in May then go away" re-asserted itself in 2010. It may be the "Year of the Tiger" in the Chinese calendar but for financial markets May is easily the "Month of the PIGS". With only one trading day to ...

Local jobseekers enjoy strong executive search market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
Banks, fund managers and investment houses risk losing key staff to rival firms and new entrants in the coming months after a new report found the financial services sector is leading the rebound in executive searches and that two in five executives ...