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Magellan builds infrastructure team

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
Magellan Financial Group has recruited Kris Webster to its investment team in the firm's latest endeavour to bolster its infrastructure capabilities. Webster will be playing an integral role in analysing and valuing global listed infrastructure securities ...

Interest rates - when economics meets politics

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
When politics meets the economics of fighting inflation, people have a habit of making big statements that can sound alarmist. Causing the jitters is that the Reserve Bank Board is meeting today and by 2.30 pm we'll know if they've decided to raise ...

Gray shifts to academia

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
The former head of strategy at Grantham Mayo van Otterloo (GMO), Jack Gray, recently announced his resignation from the company. According to Gray, the resignation stems from his desire to "look around and try to do something different." "I'm looking ...

Financial sector holds gains: Suncorp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
The financial sector will be the focus of Suncorp's fixed income team this year, according to the group's head of credit Peter Scobie. "There is no doubt the financial sector is under some stress and strain because they've been holding onto some assets ...

We'll cut rates again if we have to: US Fed

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
US Federal Reserve governor Ben Bernanke has warned that he is ready to cut rates further if that is what is necessary to shake the US economy out of its slow slide into recession, raising speculation that the AUD and oil prices will continue to skyrocket. ...

BankWest calls on UK planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
BankWest is set to launch a financial planning service and will sidestep the planner shortage in Australia by scoping the talent pool of its UK parent HBOS. BankWest aims to have a financial adviser in all its branches with a target of recruiting 100 ...

AFS paraplanning gets thumbs up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
Graduates from the Australian Financial Services' (AFS) Paraplanning Academy have hailed the program as a success. The academy involves recruits to complete a six-week program with the initial two weeks spent working in structured classroom activities ...

AMIST appoints new chief executive officer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
Australian Meat Industry Superannuation Trust (AMIST) today announced the appointment of John Livanas as chief executive officer. John Livanas was previously general manager of the $12 billion FuturePlus. The previous chief executive of AMIST, Paul ...

AMP to broaden planner network

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2007
AMP's incoming chief executive Craig Dunn has outlined the company's strategy to expand planner numbers and improve admin support. Dunn, who replaces Andrew Mohl as AMP chief executive in January, said the financial planning industry has suffered a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
The Australian share market has had a mixed lead from Friday trading,with Wall Street up half a percentage point, oil up, gold and silver flat, and London metals mostly down. The Australian market is expected to open positively, however. At 0752 AEDT ...