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J.P. Morgan hires 50 for custody business

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
J.P. Morgan's custody business has hired 50 executives across taxation, business analytics and client servicing in the past four months to cope with client demand. Bryan Gray, managing director of sales & client relationship management at J.P. Morgan ...

452 Capital retains 'three stars' rating

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
Standard & Poor's has backed the 452 Capital investment team to deliver solid returns despite the fund manager's co-founder and lead portfolio manager, Peter Morgan, being forced to take extended leave for medical reasons. The ratings firm placed two ...

IFSA and Deloitte launch Future Leaders award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
The Investment & Financial Services Association and Deloitte have launched the IFSA/Deloitte Future Leaders Award - encouraging young financial services executives to submit ideas on how to solve some of Australia's toughest economic issues. Sarah Woodhouse ...

Nephila wins $166m in mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
AMP and MLC are among five Australian institutional investors that have poured a combined $166 million into Nephila Capital last year. Nephila specialises in catastrophe reinsurance. A press statement noted that a large industry fund and corporate super ...

Austock appoints former Merrill chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
Austock Group has appointed former chief executive at Bank of America - Merrill Lynch Australia, Paul Masi, as chief executive and managing director of the group. Masi has held a number of investment positions at BZW during the 1990s including head ...

Prison sentence for finance fraudster

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
Hugh Charles Gordon, the former head of Newcastle investment company Whet Investments, was sentenced to 18 months jail, for fraud. Gordon, of Redheads, New South Wales, will be released after serving eleven months but will have to enter into a recognizance ...

SPAA names award winners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
Philip Mason Cox, director at Hayes Knight Financial Planning and Shirley Schaefer, treasurer of SPAA's South Australian state chapter, were recognised at last night's SPAA awards. Brisbane-based, Mason Cox, received the Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
Profit-takers have led the Australian sharemarket lower at noon, with mining and banking stocks among the biggest losers. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 31.4 points, or 0.67 per cent, at 4,636.5, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

CareSuper ramps up insurance appeal

CARESUPER RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
The $3.2 billion CareSuper is doubling the death and TPD cover for members over 30, and basing its default cover for younger members on their lifecycle commitments. CareSuper, the 200,000 member industry fund for administrative and professional employees ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
Financial stocks led the Australian share market higher at noon, with the resources and retail sectors also enjoying gains. At 1201 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 48.4 points, or 1.06 per cent, at 4,593.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...