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Both feet firmly on the high wire

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
Despite the recent wobbles in our financial market's balancing act, the Reserve Bank of Australia welcomes a reassessment of risk and takes an optimistic view of the Australian financial system. In its latest Financial Stability Review released this ...

Macq adds to small caps

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
Macquarie Funds Management Group has appointed an additional senior analyst to its small caps team. Starting next month, David Walsh will be responsible for covering the many small cap stocks that form Macquarie Australian Small Companies Fund as well ...

Austock appoints new head

Financial services provider Austock Group has appointed Alan Sheen, a former chief investment officer at Challenger as the head of the group's asset management arm. Austock's chief executive officer Tim Boyle is banking on Sheen's experience and knowledge ...

Mirvac appoints exec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2007
Mirvac Funds Management (MFM) has appointed Chris Packett to director of real estate equity funds. Packett will manage the recently acquired Domaine Property with $750 million in committed assets under management across five unlisted property trusts ...

Mainland China and HK unite for mutual funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
Chinese financial institutions gathered in Hong Kong for the "co-operation and exchange between the mainland and Hong Kong asset management industry" forum to discuss the future of the industry and China's emerging role in the global economy. "This ...

QIC appoints new beta manager

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
QIC has appointed Bill Prendergast to the new position of Global Fixed Interest Beta Manager. Prendergast will manage QIC's global fixed income beta portfolios, including an inflation-linked bond mandate for QSuper. Prior to joining QIC, Bill spent ...

Equities sentiment still holding up

Despite the sub-prime induced equities turmoil, sentiment to the sector has stayed remarkably robust in both domestic and international markets. According to the latest Financial Standard market expectations survey, 54 per cent of respondents still ...

Merger to create $10bn property fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2007
Centro's proposed merger between their Shopping America Trust and Retail Trust is set to create Australia's ninth largest property fund, with assets worth $10.1 billion. Subject to a shareholder vote, the merger will give the stagnant American Trust ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2007
The Australian dollar was stronger at noon amid perceptions that confidence was returning to financial markets, particularly global credit markets. At 1200 AEST, the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.8381/89, up from yesterday's close of 0.8358/64. ...

Confidence down but not out

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
NAB's Business Confidence Index has dropped another 2 points to 10 index points, its third consecutive monthly fall from May's 14 point high. In their August 2007 Monthly Business Survey, NAB have reported that confidence is lower but still strong. ...