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Local biotech shines through overseas listing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
ASX-listed biotechnology firm Starpharma may not have flagged much interest from local investors, but the company has attracted the attention of US funds. According to Jackie Fairley, chief executive of Starpharma, targeting US investors was a "natural ...

Changing of the Vanguard

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
Global index manager Vanguard starts a new chapter after long time chief executive Jack Brennan hands in the reins to senior executive and fellow Vanguard veteran William McNabb. Jack Brennan, who replaced Vanguard's founder Jack Bogle in 1996, will ...

Super promoter faces trial

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
Queensland-based Richard Clayton Jackson Sharland, a promoter of a superannuation rollover scheme, appeared in the Brisbane Magistrate Court yesterday to stand trial on a date to be fixed on 22 charges laid by the Australian Securities and Investments ...

Gray shifts to academia

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
The former head of strategy at Grantham Mayo van Otterloo (GMO), Jack Gray, recently announced his resignation from the company. According to Gray, the resignation stems from his desire to "look around and try to do something different." "I'm looking ...

Franklin Templeton eyes Aus REITs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
... its exposure in Asian real estate investment trusts (REIT) and redirecting its focus on Australia to achieve stable growth. Jack Foster, head of global real estate and portfolio manager at Franklin Templeton Investments, said the firm continued to see ...

Members Equity appoints IR head

Members Equity Bank has promoted Andrew Wynn to investor relations manager. Wynn will support Jack Diamond, in the wholesale funds business development business, and Tom Bekiaris, financial information manager in promoting the wholesale investment opportunities ...

Back to basics: Vanguard

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
... need to look back and learn the lessons of the last two decades, according to visiting Vanguard chairman and chief executive Jack Brennan. Brennan said while returns over the last 25 years have been 50 per cent greater than expected in the US and over ...

MLCIC wins $600m mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
... level of understanding of HCF's needs, as well as the company's size and experience. HCF chief financial officer, Sheena Jack, said, "I was impressed with the effort MLCIC made to really understand our business and its requirements, and the strength ...

Harvard Endowment Fund chief quits

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2007
... said in a PIMCO statement. In his two years at HMC, El-Erian re-structured the team following the departure of former head Jack Meyer and oversaw a 23 per cent increase in returns - the fund's best performance in seven years. James F. Rothenberg, Harvard ...

GMO small caps downgraded by Morningstar

... yesterday. The ratings group has moved their stance from "recommended" to "investment grade". But GMO's asset allocation co-head Jack Gray said they have already appointed current portfolio manager Olivia Engel to head the team while they look for replacements. ...