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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... Australian share market advanced 1.5 per cent to an 11-month high, driven by banks and resources stocks, and the expiry of derivatives contracts. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 70.4 points, or 1.51 per cent, at 4734.1, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

CFS GAM hires short-term cash manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... transactional activity and analysis across the fund manager's cash portfolios, including swap hedging, trading of derivatives and bank and corporate debt securities. Colonial First State Global Asset Management's wholesale cash fund is rated 'five stars' ...

Bell Direct appoints head of BD

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
... of Asandas, a full service broker with over 30 advisers. Hayward is a Master Stockbroker member of the Securities & Derivatives Industry Association and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

FT opens global bond fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
... fixed and floating rate debt securities, debt obligations of governments, government related or corporate issuers and derivatives. "Active management of a global fixed income's three primary source of alpha - currency, duration and credit exposure - ...

Mercer Sentinel hires two

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... has also joined the Mercer Sentinel as a senior consultant to provide advice on issues associated with valuations, derivatives, custody, transitions, unitisation and investment operations. Heeney brings with him 15 years of experience in the investment ...

GFC spurs DB plans commitment

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
... that respondents who remain committed to DB plans are more likely to be using structured investment products such as derivatives, futures and inflation swaps to better manager their exposure to interest rate risk. And according to the survey, pension ...

Bullish bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
... me. For it's hard to argue with the continuing improvement in economic indicators over the past few months. Second derivatives they may be...but they are improving nevertheless. Take last night's US jobless claims report for instance. Initial jobless ...

APFC seeks absolute return director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... and manages co-investment and direct investment opportunities. The incumbent will manage the rebalancing program via derivatives, ETF's, index funds and active managers for the entire portfolio. Additionally, the selected candidate will provide knowledge ...

UBS reshuffles wealth management execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
... Cacciottolo has worked at UBS for 17 years running the firm's wealth management division in the UK and European equity derivatives business before returning to Australia and taking on the role as chief executive of wealth management Australia for five ...

J.P. Morgan teams up with Linear AM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... retirement or those looking to borrow to grow their wealth," said David Jones-Prichard, executive director, Equity Derivatives and Structured Products at J.P. Morgan. Unlike traditional closed ended capital protected products, which provide a specific ...