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AMP Capital targets Japanese savings

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
AMP Capital has bought the 70 per cent stake it did not own in Gemini Advisors Securities Investments - a firm that has helped it raise more than $4 billion from Japanese retail investors. The firm bought the remaining 70 per cent of Gemini Advisors ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
... Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 12 points lower at 4,025 on 9,540 contracts. Austock Securities senior client adviser and strategist Michael Heffernan said that the market had had a disappointing morning. "The major stocks ...

Instos allocate $980m to catastrophe bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... and fund of funds are actively seeking non-correlated investments such catastrophe bonds and other insurance linked securities. "After the recent financial market turmoil, institutional investors are actively seeking return streams that are independent ...

Director to plead guilty for insider trading

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... has been set for 5 November 2009. O'Reilly's bail will continue. This matter follows a referral from the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions is prosecuting the matter.

Mercer Sentinel hires two

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... Heeney was the manager of investment operations at AMP Life, where he was responsible for business risk management, securities lending programs, product rationalisations, transitions, and the monitoring of AMP's unit pricing risk management framework. ...

LPTs recover and show value

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... per cent over three months to the end of May this year. Some have returned well above that, the MLC (NCIT) Property Securities Trust for instance returned over 39 per cent during that three month period, which means the trust posted a loss of over 13 ...

Healthcare, utilities and EMs top FM list

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009

Local funds won't follow CalPERS lawsuit

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... report by Reuters. CalPERS said the "top" ratings on highly structured investment vehicles and complex packages of securities including subprime mortgages did not properly reflect the risk of these investments. The suit said the AAA ratings given by ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
... "The market is doing very well after some good news from the US overnight and strong commodity prices," said Austock Securities senior client adviser and strategist, Michael Heffernan. "The important thing about today is that it comes after substantial ...

Hong Kong cracks down on Lehman Bros

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
... spokesperson. According to a media statement, the HKMA referred 482 Lehman Brothers-related cases since 17 October 2008 to the Securities and Futures Commission for what it termed "further action". These cases included those that involved 16 banks. They ...