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Intech taps ex-BT head of quant and two QIC staff

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... new head of strategy. The new recruits are Simon Elimelakh as head of strategy, Matthew Tuxford as portfolio manager (Equities and Property) and Alicia Tuxford as senior analyst (Risk Management). Elimelakh has over 18 years experience in the industry ...

QIEC Super enhances services

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... and high growth. Members can choose between a socially responsible investment (SRI), infrastructure, bonds, Australian equities, international equities and cash options. Members can create their own investment mix from the 10 options. QIEC Super already ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... Friday, the Australian share market fell for a second day, led by resource stocks, after commodity prices and global equities slumped on fears of a deep worldwide recession. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index declined 98.4 points, or 2.37 per cent, to 4,051.3 ...

S&P ramps up research division

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... team to review new products. The ratings firm hired former Westpac Private Bank senior manager; Graham Fox, former Aegis Equities Research head; Rodney Lay, previous Colonial First State analyst, Shane Brereton and former Mercer analyst; Sheela Veerappan ...

Rainy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
Australian equities remained in the doldrums in spite of the hopeful promise that came about with the changing of the guards at the White House. Senator Barack Obama's triumphant victory in the US Presidential election was welcomed with jubilation the ...

MLC appoints portfolio manager

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... for these strategies since 2000, will assume, over time, the primary portfolio management responsibility for Australian equities. Sumner has contributed to MLC's strategic thinking on Australian equities and its managers for some time. This will allow ...

RIMES and MSCI Barra team up

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... will see BarraOne users gain access to all the global and local benchmarks available on the RIMES platform, covering equities, fixed income, commodities, and Islamic indices. Meanwhile, the research, creation, updating, validation and delivery of the ...

Bravura partners with StorLife

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
... will be used in Bravura's Rufus Global Transfer Agency system which tracks the accounts of investors in mutual funds, equities, cash and hedge funds. "The StorLife proposition replaces a legacy Write Once Read Many secure data storage system which is ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
... share price index futures contract was 24 points lower at 4,152 on a volume of 12,280 contracts. MF Global institutional equities dealer Sam Willis said trading volumes were thin ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rate decision. The Melbourne ...

GMO eyes US and global equities

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
GMO's investment sage Jeremy Grantham, one of the few who predicted the sub-prime bust, now says the the equities markets is throwing up valuations not seen in 20 years. Grantham believes that a very weak global economy is not without partially offsetting ...