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REST activates growth strategy

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... growth and defensive asset allocation split - jumping from 67/33 to today's 78/22 in less than 9 months. According to Damian Hill, chief executive of REST, the fund is increasingly moving into Aussie shares, international equities and credit markets ...

Applications open for FEAL CIMA Scholarship

... culminates in a four-hour accreditation exam. Previous fund executives to have attained the CIMA designation include: Damian Hill, REST; Sue Knowles, Military Super; and Paul Coenraads, AUSCOAL. "The FEAL CIMA scholarship demonstrates FEAL's commitment ...

REST ramps up credit exposure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... million in the Credit Suisse Syndicated Loan fund and $100 million Stone Tower's Offshore Credit fund in December. Damian Hill, REST chief executive, said the fund researched credit and bank loan sectors to find the best opportunities since the middle ...

China could own America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
To nationalise or not to nationalise - that is the question. US equity markets continued to reel on speculation that America would soon become a Socialist State - that is it would control finance which is the lifeblood of the economy. Among notable ...

AMP posts profits, AUM falls

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
AMP stayed in the black last year despite the market crisis although earnings by its wealth management arms dropped markedly after local and global markets went through the wringer. The group's Contemporary Wealth Management business, which includes ...

SA and QLD scoop Hillross awards

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
Two planning firms and a financial adviser won accolades at this year's Hillross Awards. Hillross adviser and principal at Hillross Mackay, David Pett won the dealer group's Adviser of the Year. Townsville and Ayr-based financial planning practice ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
The Australian market is expected to open higher following positive leads from Wall Street, with oil also higher, although precious metals were lower. At 0822 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 27 points higher at 3,480. ...

Good Bank Bad Bank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... or it may have to write them off eventually -- wasting taxpayers' money in the process. But surely the geniuses on Capitol Hill would have a Plan B for the bad bank to work. And for equity markets, at least for today, it may be enough to see their government ...

ING snaps up Sentry stake

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
ING Australia has bought a 37.5 per cent shareholding in Sentry Financial Group following last March's partnership deal with the planning firm. ING formed a "strategic partnership" with Sentry early last year, which included an option to take a 37.5 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... will take to shore up the economy. President Barack Obama's Treasury Secretary nominee, Timothy Geithner, was on Capitol Hill for his Senate confirmation hearing. He asked Congress to act quickly and forcefully to deal with financial crisis and said ...