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Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... trillion yuan (US$585 billion). But most of all, the national government made an offer they can't refuse (or its off with their heads) to its state-owned corporations - and there are plenty of them - not to stop investment (in buildings and equipments ...

Goss heads ING life risk sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
ING Australia has appointed Kevin Goss as head of Life Risk Sales, reporting to Ross Barnwell, executive director for distribution. Goss has over 24 years' industry experience, gained in both the US and in Australia. He comes to ING from Zurich, where ...

Magellan Global tops overseas shares manager list

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... of last year's market collapse. According to the latest Mercer Data on fund performance, Magellan's 1.3 per cent loss is heads and shoulders above the next top performer, Walter Scott, which lost 11.6 per cent. It also did so much better than the worst ...

Planners turn to cash and TD funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... inflows for the year." As for Platinum, he said, "I think, to some extent, people were accustomed to Platinum outperforming heads and shoulders above the rest but it is a little strange seeing as they are still a first quartile performer." Fechner said ...

BT appoints super and investment heads

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
BT Financial Group appointed St.George general manager of investment solutions, Patrick Farrell and the group's head of personal super, Melanie Evans as head of investment and head of superannuation respectively. Both Farrell and Evans form part of ...

Beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... government soon would be there; The carmakers were nestled all smug in their jets, While visions of US$14 billion danced in their heads; With Bernanke printing money for people once living it up, He hopes the financial crisis will settle down for a long ...

All I want for Christmas is a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... alone. Being a lagging indicator, the US labour market is sure to pass the two million mark for the entirety of 2008 as heads that were guillotined in December are added to the casualty count. There are two ways of interpreting this. Negatively. This ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher today as Wall Street heads into the Thanksgiving holiday in positive territory. At 0800 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was up 126 points at 3,691. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... at their lows of the session after the automakers pleaded for relief during a second day of hearings in Washington. The heads of General Motors Ford and Chrysler are asking for a massive infusion of cash to prevent millions of layoffs and stave off bankruptcy. ...

Præmium to add wrap client

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... Powerwrap signed an agreement deal to provide V-Wrap and separately managed account (SMA) technology to the platform. The 'heads of agreement' deal means Powerwrap's platform can provide access to direct equities administration and take on the operator ...