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Trust grows with NZ purchase

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
Trustee services provider Trust Company has acquired the New Zealand-based Guardian Trust Company, a move that adds a hefty $48 billion-plus to its total asset base. John Atkin, chief executive of The Trust Company, said he was very happy with the purchase ...

T. Rowe Price to expand Aus equities team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
The local arm of global fund manager T. Rowe Price is on a hiring spree, with plans to recruit three Australian equities analysts ahead of its launch of a domestic equities product later this year. T. Rowe Price today appointed Viral Patel, formerly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
The Australian market has received strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight, as world markets reflect uncertainty over the effects of political turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East, and the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. On the ...

Japan bond jitters keep funds guessing

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
US treasuries may fall in value following the Japanese earthquake, with fixed-interest fund managers assessing their exposure in the wake of the disaster. Japan is the second largest foreign holder of US Government bonds after China, holding $882.3 ...

SSgA names new Aus equities head

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
State Street Global Advisors has appointed Olivia Engel as its head of Active Australian Equities as the group strengthens its commitment to active quant investing in the Australian market. In her new role, Engel will report to Marc Reinganum, global ...

Super assets reach $1.32tr

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
Total superannuation assets grew by 7.7 per cent last year to reach $1.32 trillion, with self-managed super funds accounting for the largest slice of the pie, APRA figures show. Prudential regulator APRA today released its quarterly superannuation performance ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
The Australian market is receiving mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street's key indices flat, while precious metals were higher and oil eased. On the ASX 24 at 0837 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was two points ...

Retail bank deposits hit $62bn in Dec qtr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
Driven by high at-call interest rates and the post-GFC austerity wave, consumers are flocking to retail deposit accounts with $62 billion deposited in the December quarter alone. The surge pushed bank deposit holdings to $1.5 trillion, 15 per cent more ...

CFS names new advice head

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
Colonial First State (CFS) appoints Marianne Perkovic, currently the CFS general manager of distribution, as the new head of advice, filling the gap left by Paul Barrett last month. Perkovic starts her new role next week as head of the CFS advice business ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
The sun is shining, the sky is blue and everything is fine except... it's not fine enough. Wall Street was so sure heading into the February US non-farm payrolls report that the data will confirm improving labour market conditions in America. All the ...