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The good, the bad and the whatever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... unchanged at 9.1%, US employment increased by 103,000 in September - better than expectations for a 60,000 gain - with 137,000 heads added to private payrolls. Even better, revisions to July and August numbers added an extra 99,000 staff. It might be ...

Tax forum tackles wealth management issues

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... may not have been up for discussion, there was still plenty to talk about for the wealth management industry as Government heads and industry leaders gathered at the 2011 Tax Forum. Treasurer and Deputy Prime Minister, Wayne Swan, addressed the forum ...

Rewarding wishful thinking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... US firms adding 91,000 more workers in September following August's 89,000 rise. This is more than the 75,000 additional heads markets' expected. Not exactly something to write home to momma about but they're something solid, they're something real ...

UBS retains OptiMix as it closes ING IM deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... and ultimately we probably wouldn't need to do that," said the spokesperson. At present, Anne Anderson and Simon Shields, heads of UBS's fixed income and equities departments respectively, are managing their in house investment teams as well as ING IM's ...

IMF says prepare to buy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... a floor under economic growth - and spooks the bejeesus out of fence-sitting financial market investors as the last bear heads for the exits. This would ultimately pave the way for a rebound. To be sure, the problems in Europe are not going away very ...

QIC funds head departs amid restructure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... company by the end of the year. McNeilage's current position, head of funds management, will be dissolved with separate heads of boutique management and distribution to be installed in due course. QIC said the restructure would support the "significant ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... eventually default on its debt mountain under an aggressive domestic austerity drive, especially after European finance heads failed to agree on a plan to solve the eurozone situation. Greece's finance minister was set to once again lay his case to eurozone ...

Manager tenure impacts success: S&P

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... turnover and the resulting impact on investment teams. In the 12 months to June 30, 2011, 24 portfolio manager or equity heads left their roles within equity funds. Of these, 17 were individuals based in Australia, three in the US, two in the UK, and ...

Dangerous currents

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... the minus 4 markets' expected - from minus 7.7 in August. Similarly, US jobless claims rose by 11,000 last week to 428,000 heads - more than the 418,000 markets' expected. The four-week average of claims increased to 419,500 that is above the 400,000 ...

Asian counterweight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... Greek government spokesman Elias Mossialos' announcement to the world after the teleconference between his leader and the heads of Germany and France. According to the statement released after the conference call, Fraulein Merkel and Monsieur Sarkozy ...