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Magellan adds infrastructure specialist

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... financial officer. Before that he was with Macquarie Group for over a decade. He was the investment bank's head of North American infrastructure and real assets and before that was global chief operating officer for the infrastructure and real assets ...

Nikko announces Americas sales head, new products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... the United States. Before that, he worked for Invesco as a managing director. He has also worked for Segal Advisors, American International Group and Smith Barney. "We are excited to have Fred DeSerio take on a greater leadership role at Nikko Asset ...

It's not the when but the what happens after

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... then closed below it" - 37.5% in 2013; 38.4% in 2014; and, 47.4% this year to date....and counting. That's if the latest American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) Sentiment Survey is any guide. The AAII's survey for the week ending 22 July ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... looks set to open lower after US stocks fell for a third straight session as disappointing earnings from Caterpillar, American Express and others overshadowed some stronger reports. At 0815 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Market set to fall

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... 11,520.67 points. London's mining sector faced fierce selling pressure, with sentiment dented by sliding metal prices. Anglo American slumped 5.6 per cent, BHP Billiton tumbled 5.7 per cent and Rio Tinto lost 3.6 per cent. HONG KONG - Hong Kong equities ...

Greece, China damage global hedge fund returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... Greece's ability to pay its creditors and stay in the Eurozone. Despite losses in these key regions, Japanese and Latin American hedge funds emerged as top performer in June and they were up 0.39% and 0.29% respectively. Even if the Nikkei 225 was experiencing ...

American IRAs not super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
A recent decision by the Australian Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) ruled that an American Individual Retirement Account (IRA) is not a superannuation fund for Australian Tax Purposes. In the case of Baker and Commissioner of Taxation, tribunal ...

Glass-Steagall Act reintroduced to US Senate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... and investment banking that was in place for over 60 years, restore confidence in the system, and reduce risk for the American taxpayer." The Bill's re-introduction follows concerns that despite regulatory improvements since 2008 that financial industry ...

Australian shares up on ease over Greece

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... realise that if they're taking it well then why should we go down?" he said. "Europe performed as they should and the American market went on as if it didn't happen." The gains were spread across the Australian market on Tuesday, with the exception of ...

Light at the end of the tunnel for EM debt

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... markets debt followed the slide in global yields, led by the US Treasury and the German Bund. But with the yields of American and German treasuries rising sharply in the last few weeks, "emerging markets will likely catch up to recent developed markets ...