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Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
The Australian market is likely to open weaker after US stocks retreated following lower-than-expected growth in the United States' service businesses. Major commodities also fell overnight. At 0821 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share ...

Artemis to switch from Fortis to AMG

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) has sealed a deal to buy Artemis Investment Management, one of the leading fund managers in the UK, from its previous owner, Fortis Bank. Under the deal, AMG will own a majority stake in the firm but Artemis' management ...

NZ Super appoints Elementum Advisors

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation have appointed Elementum Advisors to manage a $140 million portfolio of catastrophe-linked securities. The initial size of the mandate will be $140 million million with potential to increase to $282 million. ...

RBA mixes its game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
"It was an art and act I came to perfect. It was part of my armoury. I felt if my opponent didn't know what I was thinking then I was invincible." Bjorn Borg The Australian Open might be finished but yesterday we had the RBA mixing its play to win game ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
Australian stocks are expected to open stronger as better news from the housing industry sent US stocks higher overnight. At 0819 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 54 points higher at 4,626. In economics news ...

Positive contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
Running of the bulls. Peppered with undeniably wonderful set of numbers, Wall Street couldn't have it any other way overnight. The Dow closed 1.2 per cent higher - the biggest daily advance in about a month - the S&P 500 surged 1.4 per cent and the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
Australian stocks are expected to open higher after Wall Street rebounded from recent losses on strong results from oil giant ExxonMobil and positive data releases. At 0820 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was ...

Aviva key personnel disbanded after NAB buy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
More than six months on since NAB bought Aviva Australia's Navigator platform and insurance business, at least three key Aviva personnel have left or about to leave, while five have assumed new roles within NAB's businesses. Allan Griffiths, chief executive ...

Future Fund slashes cash for alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
The $66 billion Future Fund has halved its 30 per cent allocation to cash in three months - with alternative assets getting the biggest boost in allocation following the move. The Future Fund's allocation to cash in September stood at 31.6 per cent ...

Boutique incubators target retail market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
Boutique incubators, Ascalon Capital Managers and Treasury Group, are ramping up their retail distribution strategy to broaden their fund managers' funds under management (FUM). Mark Burgess, managing director at Treasury Group, said the firm had spent ...