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A tale of confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
Let's leave hard US economic data aside for today. There's not so much we can gather from them these days anyway and perhaps for a few more months to come. Yes, Virginia. The economic numbers have become boring. Day after day, month after month, we ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to continue its recent run of losses on Thursday as Wall Street fell sharply on weaker economic data and a lower forecast for upcoming growth figures. At 0720 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share ...

JBWere announces board

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
National Australia Bank (NAB) and Goldman Sachs JBWere announced the JBWere board members, which includes Michael Ullmer, deputy chief executive and executive director at NAB and Steve Tucker, group executive of wealth Australia at NAB. Ullmer was appointed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower as mixed economic data gave Wall Street a mixed day of trading. At 0730 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 21 points lower at 4,743. In economic news ...

More benefits for Military Super

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme members will receive improved death and invalidity benefits following a government initiative to backdate benefits payments in line with recent changes to the compulsory retirement age for ADF members. Greg ...

CAAM and Soc Gen reveal Amundi

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
CrA(C)dit Agricole and SociA(C)tA(C) GA(C)nA(C)rale have renamed their new asset management business Amundi, a firm that ranks in the top 10 largest wealth managers in the world - with Australia's CrA(C)dit Agricole arm poised to benefit from the boost ...

FPA board approves move away from commissions

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
The Financial Planning Association of Australia's board has approved the association's remuneration policy that moves its members away from a commission-based model by July 2012. The FPA received more than 250 responses to its consultation paper "Financial ...

Gonzalez move a win-win: analyst

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
One of Perpetual's longest serving executives, Emilio Gonzalez, is to take the helm at BT Investment Management, a high profile recruitment that is a coup for BT but could also set the stage for fresh changes at Perpetual, said an analyst. Emilio Gonzalez ...

Schroder Asia Pac adds SimCorp

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
Schroder Investment Management has successfully implemented SimCorp Dimension across four Asia Pacific countries with its Australian office soon to follow. The system, which replaced a 12-year-old system and a number in-house applications, has been ...

Arise Chindonesia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
China may be the darling of economic groupies, India the superpower in waiting, but realisation is growing that Indonesia may be their rocket fuel. Regional analysts have been so taken with the possibility that editorials around Asia are now spruiking ...