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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
Australian stocks have opened firmer in quiet trading conditions as market players wait for the latest developments over Greece and the US budget. At 1031 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 11.4 points, or 0.26 per cent, at 4,435.6 points ...

TAL appoints new general manager

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
TAL has appointed Brad Clarke as its new general manager of corporate strategy and M&A. In the newly created role, Clarke will be working alongside the life insurance giant's managing director Jim Minto. He joins TAL from Oliver Wyman, where he advised ...

Emerging market bubbles present opportunity: Tyndall

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... Management. Speaking at a media briefing to mark the fourth anniversary of the Tyndall AM Multi Manager fund, portfolio managers Ken Ostergaard and Charl Marais explained their aim to take advantage of structural changes in the world economy that will ...

Ex Deutsche AM chief joins Africa charity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
Former CEO of Deutsche Asset Management Australia, Stephen O'Brien has become a director of the Oasis Africa charity. Since exiting Deutsche Bank, O'Brien has been working with the team at Oasis Africa Australia, a charity that raises awareness and ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... Macmahon Holdings is due to hold its annual general meeting. Also, special adviser to the prime minister and NAB board member Dr Ken Henry is due to give the keynote speech at the Australian Sustainability Conference and Exhibition on the topic of How ...

UBS to cut up to 10 000 jobs

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
Swiss bank UBS AG could cut as many as 10 000 jobs after announcing a $AUD 2.25 billion net profit loss on Tuesday. As part of a cost-cutting following the result, Switzerland's biggest bank said that it "is likely to have a headcount of around 54 000" ...

Investor confidence hits 14 year low

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
State Street's global Investor Confidence Index (ICI) has posted its biggest drop in 14 years. Global investor confidence on the index fell from a revised reading in September of 87.3, to 80.6. The plummet in global confidence stemmed from a steep drop ...

BNP Paribas appoints relationship management head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... the core client group that includes superannuation funds, government entities and insurance companies. She will report to Ken Shaw, head of sales relationship management. "I am very pleased to have Katharine on board," he said. "She brings a successful ...

Asset consultants still in demand

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... said. Increasing internal investment capabilities provides more opportunities in terms of compliance and risk assessment, said Ken Marshman, chair and head of investment outcomes, JANA. Marshman also said that while demand was not decreasing, JANA had ...

AFA names Female Excellence in Advice finalists

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), in conjunction with TAL Life, has named the six finalist of this year's 2012 Female Excellence in Advice Award. The Award is about encouraging more women to consider financial advice as a career, to champion ...