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La de da de da

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... Berlin would ask its state-owned bank to buy some Greek debt issue - and the German government would guarantee those securities (in-securities?) So that's the good news. But an evil wind is blowing the way of the UK and has hit the pound sterling...hard. ...

IFSA and Deloitte launch Future Leaders award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... measuring and comprehending risk; and improving engagement with superannuation. Last year, Julia Feher from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) won the Future Leaders Award for the work she did exploring ways to support quality ...

Wall Street's $22bn bitter pill

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
New York City's securities employee bonuses rose 17 per cent to just over $22 billion last year bringing the payments back to pre-2005 levels, according to estimates from the US state's comptroller. Thomas DiNapoli, state comptroller at the office of ...

Russell ups alternatives exposure

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... Global Listed Infrastructure Fund - $A Hedged provides an actively managed exposure to global listed infrastructure securities, employing FAF Advisors - a US-based manager that is new to Australia, having been identified by Russell's worldwide manager ...

Nephila wins $166m in mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... of investors seeking non-correlated investments have been the primary driver for a strong demand for insurance liked securities, he said. Because returns on these instruments are based on physical events instead of market events, they offer investors ...

QIC taps lifecycle strategies

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... highly regarded researcher on the provision of retirement income. He was the only academic invited to present at the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Labor Joint Hearing on target date funds in June 2009. Joining Drew at QIC ...

Pensions fail to direct manager voting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... 2008. On another positive note, around 49 per cent consult with their clients about the proxy voting guidelines. The securities lending front also appears to have improved, with all but one of the firms stating they have procedures in place to recall ...

Penny for Benny's thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... Facility would end on 8 March. The US central bank also stated previously that it would stop buying mortgage backed securities and agencies after 31 March. What does Benny think? Are these still going as planned? Or given the stickiness in the US unemployment ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was 86 points higher at 4,694 on volume of 14,871 contracts. Austock Securities senior client adviser and strategist Michael Heffernan said the local market was performing well. "It's been excellent ...

MLC adds eight debt managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
MLC has changed the way it manages debt securities in the MLC Horizon portfolios and its Diversified Debt fund, with eight investment managers winning new mandates but Bridgewater and BlackRock dropped from the line up. The new line up means MLC will ...