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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
Positive offshore leads buoyed the Australian share market's financials and resources sectors in morning trading, offsetting heavy losses suffered by national carrier Qantas. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 83.3 points, or 2.27 per cent ...

More than ratings: S&P

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
Standard & Poor's is adding more staff and developing extra research services to boost the global firepower of the ratings agency Down Under. Leanne Milton, Standard & Poor's head of research, said the firm's aim is to make their ratings and research ...

VFMC chief Syd Bone leaves

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
Sydney Bone, chief executive officer of the $32 billion Victorian Funds Management Corporation, has resigned - marking the continued reshuffle of senior management within the investment firm. Bone, who was appointed chief executive of VFMC in 2004 after ...

Mercer expands property and Aust eq

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
Mercer has announced three new appointments to their Australian equities and real research departments. Clare Armstrong has been appointed to the role of senior Australian equities researcher, following 10 years at Goldman Sachs JB Were as head of managed ...

GSJBW appoints co-CEO

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
Simon Rothery has been appointed co-chief executive of Goldman Sachs JBWere. In an email circulated to GSJBW staff yesterday, Stephen Fitzgerald, co-chief executive of the company announced the appointment of Rothery. Rothery replaces ex-co chief executive ...

I have been dead wrong: Buffett

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
It's not often that a highly respected investment guru such as Warren Buffett admits to making a "major mistake"- but last Saturday, he did. In his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, Buffett acknowledged he made a "major mistake of commission" ...

GWA opens Melbourne office

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
Global index provider, Global Wealth Allocation (GWA) has opened a Melbourne office and plans to launch a suite of Australian products in the next six months. Former GWA UK head of research, Tony Sutton returns to Australia to manage the Melbourne office ...

Focus on the good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
Whew! Finally a bit of good news. Or rather investors chose to see the good rather than the bad. US equities closed last night's trading up more than 1 per cent, reversing early losses brought on by reports that initial jobless benefit claims jumped ...

MacarthurCook hires two execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
MacarthurCook is reloading for 2009 appointing a chief executive for Asia and a chief financial officer within the past week. Larry Mendelowitz was hired as the firm's chief executive of Asia. Mendelowitz' last position was chief operating officer of ...

State Street scores $1bn mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
State Street Global Asset Managers wins a $1 billion global mandate from one of the world's top 20 sovereign funds, the $43 billion Alaskan Permanent Fund Corporation. The trustee board of the American super fund handed the mandate to State Street on ...