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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 ...

Northward wins Golden Calf

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... Citi Golden Calf Award for the best emerging fund manager. The firm was set up by former Insurance Australia Group (IAG) co-heads of equities, Darren Thompson and Simon Rutherfurd in November last year. The Northward Australian Equities process achieved ...

It's the war, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... have the crew of the UFO's flying above our skies (apparently there have been an increase in sightings) scratching their heads. 'Better' with 'economic contraction' is an oxymoron, much the same as 'honest politicians' or 'cheap lawyers.' But back to ...

GSJBW team heads up boutique

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
Three ex-Goldman Sachs JB Were Aussie equities experts are joining forces in a new nabInvest-backed boutique venture, Fairview Equity Partners. Fairview is an Australian equities small caps boutique investment manager that is majority owned by its investment ...

Head or tails?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
Heads, you lose US$1 trillion. Tails, you lose US$700 billion. This is the stark choice that stares the US Congress in the face after seeing the market pandemonium that followed their rejection of the Treasury/Federal Reserve's bail-out package. Relative ...

Aviva Investors forms $488bn FM

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... Harbor Capital LLC in the US to expand the global real estate multi-manager platform. The company's global distribution heads and product specialists are also seeking opportunities to leverage product sets across international channels. The Taiwanese ...

MetLife appoints head of insto

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... business, has accepted the new role of vice president, new marketing opportunities. "Michael will work closely with the heads of our individual and group businesses. His responsibilities will include both exploring new expansion opportunities for the ...

Whac-a-mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... 'whac-a-mole' - the Bear Sterns mole first popped out, they whack it in the head with a bailout, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's heads popped -- whack. Who's next? Lehman Brothers, Wachovia, AIG? These are large institutions that are also likely to be in ...