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Future Fund to acquire AIF assets

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... the Australia Pacific Airports Corporation. In addition to exclusivity, the MOU agreement - which sets out the process to close the transaction between The Future Fund and AIX - includes the requirement for a period of confirmatory due diligence and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... rising early in the day, the London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies was virtually flat at 5,776.6 points at close on Thursday. Frankfurt's DAX 30 lost 0.97 per cent to 6,949.57 points and Paris's CAC 40 fell 0.84 per cent to 3,432.56 points. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... governments were eyeing infrastructure spending. And, she added, all eyes would be on BHP Billiton following the market's close when its results are expected to be released. The global miner opened 14 cents lower at $33.13, while fellow resource giant ...

IAS renews partnership with SS&C

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... credits. "Too many international firms come to Australia with great fanfare, win a handful of clients, and then quietly close their office as soon as the going gets tough," he said while adding that SS&C continue to expand profitably because of its great ...

Fed's about to go... or not?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
"Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay My, oh my what a wonderful day! Plenty of sunshine heading my way Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay" - Song of the South It's coming, Virginia! It is coming! It's all there in black and white, the Fed's just inched closer ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after a mixed close on Wall Street overnight after the Federal Reserve could act before too long to stimulate the sluggish US economy. At 0748 AEST on Thursday, the September share price ...

Wake up call for instos on staff retention

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
While the vast majority of the country's finance professionals want to remain living and working in Australia at the moment, four in five are considering moving out of the sector and into alternative industries. These were among the findings of eFinancialCareers ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... 4,383.4, while Seoul closed 0.16 per cent, or 3.09 points, lower at 1,943.22. Hong Kong was flat, edging down 4.18 points, to close at 20,100.09 as traders shifted focus to a flurry of corporate earnings reports out this week, while Shanghai closed up ...

ILB manager Ardea launches new fund

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... buffering portfolios from ongoing market volatility." Hamlyn attributed the main causes for higher inflation in Australia to a close integration with rapidly industrialising Asia, high global commodity prices - not just for mining, but for food and farming ...

Market shocks likely: Advance Asset Management

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... alternative strategies were "just disguised beta." "We actually manage it so that the correlation to equities markets is close to zero," he said. "By alternatives, we don't mean traditional alternatives such as commodities. We're talking more absolute ...