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Cromwell recruits ex-rugby manager

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... believe has significant potential for potential growth," said Cromwell. Howard holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy from the University of Queensland, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment and is currently undertaking an executive MBA from the ...

Christian Super avoids tobacco

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... fund members wanted them to avoid the tobacco industry. A survey conducted by the Cancer Council of NSW and the University of Newcastle found 63 per cent of superannuation members wanted their funds to exclude investment into tobacco companies. Christian ...

Govt creates super advisory

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... of accounting, finance and economics at Edith Cowan University and John Piggot, associate dean of research at the University of New South Wales. Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, said the committee provided an opportunity for ...

Councils take action on CDOs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
... fairly value them or what the risks were inside them," said Martin Gold from the Graduate School of Business at the University of Wollongong. Gold recently explored the issue in his research paper Reform of Investment Organisation in Australia's Local ...

Magellan builds infrastructure team

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... position. Prior to joining Magellan, Webster spent five years at Capital Partners, and four years as an academic at the University of New South Wales' school of banking and finance. Webster focused primarily on the transport and infrastructure sectors ...

World bank names new chief economist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... award, China's highest economic honour, Lin has taught at several universities including Peking University, the University of Science and Technology in Hong Kong and the Australian National University. "As our first chief economist from a developing ...

Gray shifts to academia

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... with the Centre for Capital Markets Dysfunctionality at the London School of Economics, Toulouse University and University of Technology Sydney. Looking ahead, Gray hopes to spend time giving advice to several fund managers along with several local and ...

Suncorp expands fixed interest team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007
... has previously held quantitative analysis roles at Deutsche Bank and Citigroup. A senior research associate at the University of Sydney (UTS), Kazokov developed trading algorithms to enhance and improve portfolio management. Peter Scobie, head of fixed ...

CG not a priority for mid-caps

... transactions or rigorous policies on risk management and share trading. The report findings, independently compiled by The University of Newcastle Associate Professor Jim Psaros, are based on the 2006 annual report disclosures of the 150 largest "mid-sized" ...

MM over-diversification a myth: Russell

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
... their books, far eclipsing the numbers held by traditional multi-managers. Ron Bird, professor of finance at the University of Technology in Sydney however dismissed the idea of having high numbers of managers. "If you put together incompetent people ...