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Austock appoints new head

Financial services provider Austock Group has appointed Alan Sheen, a former chief investment officer at Challenger as the head of the group's asset management arm. Austock's chief executive officer Tim Boyle is banking on Sheen's experience and knowledge ...

Sub-prime 20/20 hindsight

Alan Greenspan, former Fed chief and financial guru, the man who can rock Wall Street with a throwaway line, has admitted he didn't smell the sup-prime coffee during his tenure as Federal Reserve Chairman. Greenspan ran the central bank for more than ...

Return of the 'R' word

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
... the credit crunch and housing recession have clearly spilled over into the broader US economy. In a speech in Washington, Alan Greenspan, former US Federal Reserve chief said, "The behaviour in what we are observing in the last seven weeks is identical ...

Battle lines drawn over defence force super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
... personnel. Yesterday ALP shadow superannuation spokesperson Senator Nick Sherry and shadow spokesperson for defence personnel Alan Griffins released a statement accusing the Government's Better Super reforms of unfairly penalising Australia's military ...

Sydney on $24 million a day

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... According to an Australian Financial Review report, Chinese President Hu Jintao is likely to give Western Australia's Premier Alan Carpenter an earful over our infrastructure blockages. President Hu is looking for state government approval of a $3 billion ...

Benefits from new super inflows thin on ground

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2007
... First State and MLC were hesitant in naming specific benefits members can look forward to as a result of the money poured in. Alan Kenny, general manager of product and investment at Colonial First State, said that increased consumer demand for super ...

Superpartners crosses Tasman for new CEO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
... working as managing director of the mortgage division in New Zealand and managing director of Australian retail banking. Alan Beanland, Superpartners' chairman, said that the company was pleased with the appointment. "We are absolutely delighted. He's ...

Economic round-up: Greenspan versus the poet

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
While China's Premier Wen Jiabao relies on the economic advice of a poet, America's former Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, protests he has less influence than he's given credit for with his economic observations. Trying to turn down the heat ...

Economic round-up: Kiwis at war with inflation

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
... New Zealand seems to be at war with domestic inflation with its third hike this year and the 12th since RBNZ's governor, Dr Alan Bollard, started his credit squeeze at the beginning of 2004 when the cash rate was at 5 per cent. A Policy Assessment Statement ...

Centro direct property funds grow assets

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
... investment and the DPFI's $720 million investment gave them exposure to further quality, diversified property assets, explained Alan Hayden, Centro's manager - direct property funds. "These investments have further enhanced the diversified portfolios ...