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Budget me a recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
Good news begets good news. The number of headlines and stories trumpeting that we are getting close to the end of the global financial crisis tunnel had been increasing over the past few weeks. Equity markets like these. They rallied and continue to ...

CORRECTION: Aberdeen takes on 30 Credit Suisse staff

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
Aberdeen has recruited 30 staff from Credit Suisse and approximately $13 billion in assets under management after the acquisition of certain assets and business of Cerdit Suisse's Global Investors division. Aberdeen said it is bringing over 30 Credit ...

Finance job market to recover by 2010

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
Contrary to the doom-and-gloom news on unemployment, nearly nine out of 10 employers in Sydney say financial services recruitment will start to rebound before mid next year, a new survey shows. Research by Morgan McKinley notes that almost nine out ...

Not your average Clark Kent

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
He doesn't fly or fight villains, but guides members through the superannuation maze - meet Media Super's latest mascot, Super Hero. The latest "member" of the $2.5 billion Media Super team has been designed to help members understand their investment ...

Select exits third party distribution

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
Select Asset Management is exiting the retail third party distribution market and will now be focusing on manufacturing multi-asset class, multi-manager portfolios for its clients, says the firm's new chief executive, Andrew Fairweather. Fairweather ...

AFA supports PIS strategy

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has thrown its support behind Professional Investment Services' (PIS) strategy to go head to head against the industry fund anti-commission advertising campaigns. Richard Klipin, chief executive at the AFA ...

Secondaries top PE list

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
Superannuation funds with cash to spare should consider picking investment gems from the private equity secondary market - which is clearly favouring the buyer in this current environment, said a global expert. Sally Collier, partner at Pantheon Ventures ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
Australia's sharemarket was 0.75 per cent higher at noon, led by the big miners. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 27.4 points, or 0.75 per cent to 3695.6 while the broader All Ordinaries was up 25 points to 3652.2, shrugging off a decline ...

Danger, Will Robinson!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
Danger, Will Robinson! Danger, Danger! No. I am not talking about the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) new World Economic Outlook report detailing how its forecasters changed their mind (again!) and now think that global growth would contract by ...

Trust eyes global investors

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
Trust Company is expanding its responsible entity (RE) business to attract mandates from international investors and in a separate move, is placing its financial planning arm under a strategic review. John Atkins, who took on the role of managing director ...