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PIMCO Australia draws record $30bn FUM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
PIMCO Australia posted its biggest year ever in 2009, with funds under management (FUM) up 36 per cent to $30 billion - but with the higher FUM comes the onus to better navigate sovereign risk. Peter Dorrian, PIMCO's head of global wealth management ...

Babson Capital targets growth in Oz

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
US-based Babson Capital Management, which bought a $200 million Babcock & Brown mezzanine debt portfolio, has hired two AMP Capital Investors executives in Australia with plans to turn its local arm into a multi-billion dollar operation in the next ...

When old news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
Wall Street must have gotten up on the right side of the bed today. Well the Dow has been in 10 of the past 11 trading days. But last night, it was more cheerful. The pace of the Dow's upward march nearly doubled - closing almost 1 per cent higher on ...

Mercer promotes Eagleton

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
Simon Eagleton has been promoted to Asia Pacific investment consulting regional business leader as part of a series of executive changes at Mercer. Eagleton previously worked the investment consulting business leader for Australia and New Zealand for ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
Uncertainty dominated the Australian share market in morning trading, with the bourse edging slightly into the green at noon on low volumes. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up six points, or 0.12 per cent, to 4,869.1 points, while the ...

End game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
America is zeroing in on China's weapon of mass destruction - the "overvalued renminbi". Yes Virginia, the US is drawing up battle plans as I write. According to Bloomberg, "Five senators including Charles Schumer of New York and Lindsey Graham of South ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
The Australian market is expected to open higher, on positive leads from overseas securities and commodities trading. At 0720 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 18 points higher at 4,872 points. In economic ...

SMSFs breach less ATO rules

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
Self managed super fund trustees are heeding the Australian Taxation Office's warning about breaching fund rules, but ongoing problems - including giving personal loans to members - continue to plague the sector. According to the latest Partners Superannuation ...

Planners open up to Hamilton Securities

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
Planners are increasingly in talks with Hamilton Securities, the firm making a takeover bid for debentures of the Timbercorp Orchard Trust - but the question on many planners' minds is what the firm will do with the debentures should they win the bid. ...

Analyse this

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
The Janus Global Research 130/30 fund zoomed past its benchmark by more than 12 per cent last year - gaining 47.7 per cent in the year to December - thanks to its secret weapon: career analysts. Jim Goff, director of research at Janus, a $97 billion ...