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Quiet Market Activity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
Financial market activity was relatively quiet overnight. In the US, the Conference Board reported that the leading index fell to 0.1 percent in June, matching the markets' expectations. This is consistent with weak US growth over the next six to nine ...

DirectPortfolio appoints board member

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
DirectPortfolio Services (DPSL) has appointed Philippa Smith AM to the combined Pentafin and DPSL board, replacing former chair Gail Burke. Smith was chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) for nine years. She ...

LGSS buys Batemans Bay shops

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... purchase," said Lambert. "A year ago we identified [the diversification issue] and we've looked for opportunities as they come on board. Those opportunities don't come up with a lot of frequency as shopping centres are a relatively loved sector." As ...

Aviva chief joins IFSA board

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
Allan Griffiths, chief executive of Aviva Australia since 2003, joins the IFSA board this week. Griffiths takes the spot after the resignation of Dennis Fox, who retired from Suncorp where he was wealth management group executive in May. Griffiths has ...

US houses continue to burn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... Today, Bank of Japan takes centre stage with a scheduled speech by Governor Masaaki Shirakawa and the release of the Monetary Board minutes from the previous meeting. Japanese department store sales for June are due out today. Tokyo's store sales fell ...

EQT jumps on board with Bravura

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
Bravura Solutions Limited has rubber-stamped a five-year contract with wealth management firm Equity Trustees Limited (EQT) to implement the tech company's portfolio administration solution, Garradin. EQT has called on Bravura to upgrade its business ...

Fundies use proxy voting

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
US fund managers drive better governance in the companies they invest in by using proxy votes to block board decisions that are not in the shareholder's best interest, a study found. The Investment Company Institute (ICI) analysed more than 3.5 million ...

SERF selects JANA as asset consultant

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... executive, Terry Newson as an in-house asset consultant. "We believe philosophically JANA were a good fit with the trustee board and they also had similar view on the use of liquids and illiquids in the portfolio," said Peter Robertson, SERF chief executive. ...

Market Jitters Redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... address the current situation as we move to a stronger regulatory structure..." In a separate action, the US Federal Reserve Board of Governors voted unanimously to authorise the New York Fed to lend directly through the discount window to Fannie Mae ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... contract lost 37 points, or 0.75 per cent, to 4,900. Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes of its July 1 board meeting. The Australian share market fell to its lowest closing level in almost two years yesterday, with most market sectors ...