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Conviction where it counts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
Active managers are paid to make big calls outside the benchmark and fund manager Nicholas Applegate did just that before the bottom fell out of Wall Street. Pedro Marcal, who is second in command to US-based chief investment officer and managing director ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open flat today after US stocks see-sawed overnight. Asian markets fell heavily yesterday. At 0706 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was up two points at 3,793. ...

Former Virgin Money execs launch Mozo

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
Five former executives at Virgin Money, including former head Rohan Gamble, have resurfaced in a new online financial services outfit called Mozo. Mozo, short for Money Zone, allows consumers to compare financial products online, from credit cards to ...

Buy side firms assess tech ability

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
Expected regulatory requirements and the need for greater corporate transparency are driving buy side investment firms to assess their technological operations. More than 475 people attended Charles River Development's annual conference despite tightening ...

This too shall pass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
'The market does not beat them. They beat themselves, because though they have brains they cannot sit tight.' (Jesse Livermore). While most of us were sleeping (those lucky enough to have their A$1 turn to A$0.80 instead of A$0.20), Wall Street was ...

Grant Samuel Epoch tops global shares survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... operations has dried up. Using FCF metrics, Watt believes there are now many cashflow-rich companies that are practically 'on sale'. Mastercard for example, which traded at around US$300 early this year is now at US$163. The group boasts US$18 cash per ...

B&B in partnership talks

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... investment bank pointed out that the firm is still considering the process and there was no certainty that a partnership or sale would eventuate. "The process is at a preliminary stage and there is no certainty that any agreement will eventuate," noted ...

MLC FUM falls, profits flat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
NAB's wealth management arm MLC saw funds under management fall 14.1 per cent to $94.6 billion at the end of September but pre-tax profits were up three per cent at $576 million. The firm's cash earnings before investment on retained earnings (IoRE) ...

Deutsche extends MENA services

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
Deutsche Bank continues to broaden its Middle East and North African (MENA) equities capability, adding trading, sales trading and equity capital markets services to its platform and hiring two senior executives. Former UBS executives, Ahmed Beydoun ...

Hedge funds slam ban extension

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
The hedge fund industry has condemned the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) decision to extend the ban on short selling on non-financial stocks, declaring it will have "severe and immutable long-term effects". ASIC extended the ...