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Suntharam leads Perpetual quant business

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
Ganesh Suntharam assumes management of Perpetual's quantitative investments business. In March this year, Suntharam joined Vasant Khilnani as the joint head of the quant business. Suntharam has eight years industry experience and four years at Perpetual ...

Optimism may not be enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
Flat. This was how Wall Street ended while we were sleeping after climbing non-stop for six straight days. With the investment environment still fluid, investors decided last night to exchange some of their paper profits on equities and commodities ...

Super funds on the mend: SelectingSuper

Super funds have recovered so much ground in the nine months to end September that they could soon be back in the black for the first time in 18 months, the SelectingSuper survey found. The survey found that the average 12-month loss, after all fees ...

Maritime Super picks AIA for insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
Maritime Super has selected AIA Australia as its group insurer for its 15,000 members following the merger of the Stevedoring Employees Retirement Fund (SERF) and Seafarers Retirement Fund (SRF) in March this year. Peter Robertson, chief executive at ...

Joined at the hip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
Ho hum. Another day, another boring day on Wall Street. Maybe there's more action in the north across its border. The usual suspects were in attendance to provide a semblance of market action. US shares rose on positive housing news. The S&P/Case Shiller ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower as mixed economic data gave Wall Street a mixed day of trading. At 0730 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 21 points lower at 4,743. In economic news ...

Elusive 10K

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
The Dow's hold on that elusive 10K-point mark remains elusive. Perhaps it is the consensus' way of affirming that, indeed, the market has run ahead of itself. Wall Street slid further overnight with the Dow slipping further below the 10K mark despite ...

Premium eyes more practices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
Premium Wealth Management is in talks with a dozen practices to join its ranks and is also looking at ways to access separately managed account (SMA) technology. Chris Saunders, chief executive at Premium Wealth Management, said the business is talking ...

State Street CEO and chairman retires

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
State Street Corporation's chairman and chief executive, Ronald E. Logue, will retire from State Street on March 1, 2010, after almost two decades with the company. Logue is aged 64, and will continue to serve as non-executive chairman of State Street's ...

Too big to fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
Head fake. So which one is the head fake? The Dow climbing past 10,000 or the Dow sinking below 10K? Over the past three trading days, the Dow has been playing seesaw on the 10,000 fulcrum -- over 10K Thursday, under 10K Friday, over 10K Monday. To ...