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Philanthropy gets a boost at GSJBW

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
The philanthropic services team at Goldman Sachs JBWere (GSJBW) received a boost recently with the appointment of Kelley McLendon as director, philanthropic services. "Philanthropy is emerging as a topic clients are raising more frequently with their ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... Seng Index dropped 1,383.01 points to 23,818.86 WELLINGTON - NZ stocks recorded their 13th consecutive fall. The benchmark top-50 index shed 17.44 points, or 0.48 per cent, to 3646.91.

Too little too late

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... follows international survey revelations that Australia is the country with the most cities - 18 - listed in the survey's top 50 most unaffordable housing markets. Underlying sentiment within a speech delivered by RBA's governor Glenn Stevens in London ...

Subprime wipes 500bp off loonie pension

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... that it was hard for Canadian pension plans to beat the market in 2007, with gains concentrated in just a few stocks. The top three contributors generated more than half the TSX return in 2007: Research in Motion (up 127 per cent), Potash Corporation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... Hang Seng Index gained 86.89 points to 25,201.87. WELLINGTON - NZ stocks followed global markets into the red. The benchmark top-50 index shed 65.61 points to 3664.4.

BNY Mellon scores first NZ mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... guidance in the different asset classes they are looking to invest in - and we were fortunate enough to come up as one of the top firms in the asset class Auckland was looking for." Gruver says the company has had its eye on the New Zealand market for ...

China to lead IPOs again in 2008

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... drive just 15 per cent of new volume. The Chinese activity is so hot that Thomson report the 60 new listings will keep them top of Asia Pacific IPO charts. Given China lead the world for global IPOs in 2006 and 2007 it looks like 2008 will be their trifecta. ...

Investors look east, Australia falls behind

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
Hong Kong has topped the list once more as the world's most liberal economy, boasting one of the best markets in the world for investors looking to capitalise on a free economy, suggests an annual report by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... Francisco Solar, said Citigroup's announcement that it had posted a fourth-quarter loss of $US9.83 billion ($A10.95 billion), on top of writing off $US18.1 billion ($A20.17 billion) in sub-prime related losses, had rattled investors. The bank also said ...

The 93pc tax sting

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
No one really likes the taxman, but the threat of being taxed up to 93 per cent on your super elevates the dread to a whole new level. Corporate super fund Plum Financials Services has warned that the government's new Better Super may increase the chance ...