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AMP Cap Equity Fund analyst departs, prompts 'sell'

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
Simon Fitzgerald, financials and listed property analyst for the AMP Capital Equity Fund, resigned from the fund manager earlier this week. A spokesperson for the fund manager noted that Fitzgerald, who had been with the company for over 10 years, intends ...

Aviva Investors selects Cadis for data

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
Aviva Investors has implemented the Cadis EDM platform to its US-based office and plans to roll out the data management platform to its other offices globally. Cadis was selected after a two-week trial and review that ensured the platform could replace ...

US wants pause button in volatile markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... come into effect on a pilot basis on 10 December. Mary Schapiro, chair at SEC, said the exchanges believe the market disruption on 6 May was aggravated by different trading rules and conventions across exchanges. "I believe it is important that all the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... points forecast by analysts. Dealers said the prospects of European airlines getting back to normal after unprecedented disruption caused by the Iceland volcano eruption remained very uncertain but there appeared at least to have been more flights on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... pushed European stock markets higher on Monday, offsetting weak banks, as metals prices jumped sharply on fears of disruption to copper supplies after the devastating earthquake in Chile. In London, the FTSE 100 index of leading shares finished up 51.42 ...

Zurich to roll out climate change training

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... to climate change," he said. Taking the local florist as an example, he explained that water availability and major disruption in agriculture could increase the florist's overheads. "They can start to plan for that by diversifying where they get their ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
The Australian share market was more than one per cent higher at noon, buoyed by rises in miners and the banks. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 67.3 points, or 1.4 per cent, at 4,860.1 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Banks to face liquidity crisis "fire drills": APRA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... next year, Australian banks could be subject to "fire drills" that test how well they can cope with a severe market disruption, under new liquidity reporting rules proposed by APRA. APRA has released a discussion paper that proposes major changes to ...

Playing chicken with tyres

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... into the United States in such increased quantities or under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause market disruption to the domestic producers of a like or directly competitive product, the President shall, in accordance with the provisions ...

AIA arises from AIG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... "Our aim is to make the re-branding exercise as seamless as possible for all stakeholders and to minimise unnecessary disruption for our clients. Close consultation with our institutional partners is already well underway to ensure a seamless transition ...