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Australian to fill European State Street role

State Street Corporation (State Street) has appointed an Australian head of investor services to oversee the UK, Middle East and South Africa. Peter Baker, former managing director of State Street Australia and more recently managing director of investor ...

Index for the smart, hedge for the stupid

LA-based investment theory and practice guru Rex Sinquefield entertained, enlightened and provoked the audience at the FPA conference last week when he questioned returns made by hedge funds and called those who invest in them "stupid". "Many people ...

IOOF to launch TAPs platform

In his speech at the company's annual general meeting yesterday, IOOF's chief executive office Ron Dewhurst said that they will launch a new platform for Term Allocation Pension products, as part of their ongoing campaign to increase their market share ...

ASIC chairman talks about governance and er, bullfrogs

In his keynote speech at a legal conference in Melbourne yesterday, ASIC chairman Jeff Lucy drew on a bullfrogs analogy to talk about financial fraud and corporate governance. Lucy said the recent spate of corporate collapses in the country such as ...

Asset consultants and super fund CIOs in harmony

At the ASFA conference this week, David St John, CIO of Unisuper and David McMahon, head of consulting at Intech shared the stage and the same view that asset consultants and super fund CIOs can work together "in harmony". St John talked about a range ...

Baby boomers turn to property to fund retirement

Australian mortgage broker, Mortgage Choice, has come out and forecasted a surge in the property market to be fuelled by baby boomers, on the back of recent survey results. In spite of rising property market angst in some quarters, Mortgage Choice points ...

Platypus enters the long-short pond

Platypus Capital Management (PCM), an Australian hedge fund firm linked to Platypus Asset Management, have launched an Australian Long/Short Fund. The Platypus Australian Long/Short Fund has start-out capital of $33 million of institutional money to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2005
SYDNEY - the Australian share market is expected to open sharply firmer as a positive lead from US markets, coupled with a raft of domestic news, should ensure the local bourse opens firmly in the black. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December ...

Consumers say plain English please

Research reveals that most super fund members don't want 'more products' or 'extra features' but instead just want more 'plain English'. The research - due for release later this month - was sponsored by three of Australia's largest industry funds REST ...

Fidelity launches global array of funds

Fidelity Investments have harnessed their global investing arsenal to launch 10 new funds into the Australian market. The new funds are aimed at institutional and intermediary investors, while Fidelity is already talking to a range of major league platforms ...