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On caution's side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
Careful...careful. All eyes will be on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today as it deliberates on whether or not to shift interest rates - up or down -- in the country. By merely looking at Australia's domestic economic fundamentals, there are arguments ...

Australian Ethical CIO resigns

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
Australian Ethical Investment's chief investment officer Martin Halloran has resigned to take up an undisclosed senior role in public service. Head of research James Jordan will assume his post in the interim. Phillip Vernon, chief executive of Australian ...

Aviva Investors mines Asia for mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
Aviva Investors Australia is expanding aggressively into the Asian market to plug the $4.4 billion hole left by the sale of Aviva Australia's insurance to NAB/MLC. Craig Bingham, chief executive at Aviva Investors Asia Pacific, said the firm is working ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
Australian shares are set to open lower after Wall Street fell on Friday as a downgrade of Spain's credit rating added to worries about the eurozone's financial woes. At 0733 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was ...

Austock hires insto sales manager

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
Austock Group has hired former MINC Financial Services stockbroker, Bruce Rolin, as co-head of institutional sales in its Sydney office. Rolin has more than 25 years experience in financial markets including long-standing directorships with Morgan Stanley ...

Up, down and round and round

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
"Upside down Boy, you turn me Inside out And round and round..." - Upside Down, Diana Ross If there's any observation that can be made about Wall Street's movement overnight, it is that investor sentiment remains fragile. Just when financial markets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market has received mixed leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing weaker but contract prices for oil, gold, silver and copper ending firmer. At 0728 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract ...

Aviva boosts business development team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
Aviva Investors has beefed up its sales team with several senior appointments, including Andrew Peterson as head of retail business development and Marina Boetto as institutional business development manager. The appointments to the firm's business ...

Hold, Fold or Run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
"Three coins in a fountain... which one will the fountain bless?" ( Frank Sinatra) It was a down day again on Wall Street overnight. It followed an up day that trailed a down day. Chances are, other markets would follow suit. But under current circumstances ...

RBC Dexia wins Superfund mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
RBC Dexia has won a mandate from managed futures fund provider Superfund to give fund administration, custody and shareholder registry services to five master and feeder funds marketed to Asian investors. "With Asia being a specific part of our growth ...