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GSJBWAM joins IFSA board

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
Ian Ward-Ambler, managing director at Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management, has been appointed to the IFSA board, replacing Anne O'Donnell, former managing director at Australian Ethical Investment, who has resigned. This announcement comes after Anne ...

VFMC underperforms across four asset classes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
VFMC has underperformed its benchmarks across Australian equities, private equity, property and inflation-linked bonds over 12-month period to December last year amid a series of reshuffles in senior management and tough investment markets. The investment ...

Ascalon buys more stake in H3

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
Ascalon Capital Managers has acquired another 15 per cent in absolute return fund manager H3 Global Advisors, increasing its overall equity position to 45 per cent. Terms were not disclosed. "This further increase in our equity stake reflects our confidence ...

Sign Say on Pay: CalPERS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
The California Public Employees' Retirement System has signed a letter from institutional investors urging financial companies to support the shareowner advisory vote on executive compensation. CalPERS was among approximately 30 investors that signed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
The Australian share market has received generally positive leads overnight, with all three key Wall Street indices higher, along with precious metals and copper, although the price of crude oil fell again. At 0824 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
The Australian market has received negative leads from overseas, with Wall Street indices lower, along with precious and base metals and oil. At 0830 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 50 points lower at 4,841. ...

GSJBWAM Aussie equities wins rating upgrades

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management's (GSJBW) Australian equities team continues to impress ratings houses after gaining another rating upgrade from Lonsec. Lonsec upgraded the GSJBW Australian equities portfolio from 'investment grade' to 'recommended'. ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
You are the definition of moral hazard! These words - delivered by Kentucky Republican Senator Jim Bunning at Ben Bernanke's Senate hearing on his nomination for a second term as Chairman of the US Federal Reserve - perhaps reflects the embodiment of ...

Top 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
The list has been drawn and is out! Worry no more about Dubai. There are bigger fish to fry. The Financial Times reports that the Financial Stability Board (FSB) - the regulator advocated by US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner last June to pre-empt and ...

VFMC appoints CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
Former Goldman Sachs JBWere executive Justin Arter has been appointed chief executive of the $34 billion Victorian Funds Management Corporation. Arter replaces Syd Bone, who was at the helm of VFMC since 2004. Arter's appointment begins 9 November. ...