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Adam Smith hires portfolio manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
Boutique Australian equities investment manager Adam Smith Asset Management has appointed Stephen Atkinson as portfolio manager within its small cap Australian equities team. Atkinson has been a portfolio manager at MMC Asset Management, Credit Suisse ...

Tyndall finds value

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... per cent from the S&P/ASX200, but the turmoil has produced some fantastic buying opportunities as valuations in Aussie equities begin to improve, says Tyndall. Tyndall is sticking to its guns amidst the market downturn and said it is employing its flagship ...

Moral hazard remains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... overnight as investors continued to digest the implications of the Lehman Brothers' collapse on the financial system. Equities were whipsawed, first sliding on the US Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates on hold at 2 per cent before recovering ...

Where to in global equities?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... it mean the sector is now full of bargain stocks carried in the sweep? Not quite - and not even close, said one global equities expert. Richard Turnill, the US-based head of BlackRock's Global Equity team is in Australia this week to talk to the local ...

QIC appoints ESG manager

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... oversee its implementation," he said. Grant has been involved in ESG research for over two years within QIC's Australian equities team. She was also one of the key personnel involved in QIC's signing of the UNPRI.

Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index fell by 3.5 per cent -- the biggest decline since March 17. The MSCI World Index (developed equities) recorded its biggest one-day fall in six years and the MSCI Asia Pacific (ex Japan) dropped to its lowest level since October ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
Australian markets have received a strong lead from Wall Street equities overnight, which finished almost 1.5 per cent higher. Oil, silver and gold were down, while copper was marginally higher. At 0757 AEST, the Sydney Futures Exchange's September ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... $16.94. Westpac takeover target St George dropped 72 cents, or 2.28 per cent to $30.92. ABN Amro Morgans director of equities Bill Chatterton said weaker commodity prices had hurt the local bourse, and the financial sector was feeling the effects of ...

OzForex clients gain margin trading

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... operating in Australia in 2002. OzForex operates global offices in the UK and Canada and is a subsidiary of Macquarie Equities Limited.

Macq to open next Gateway

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... emerging markets infrastructure, the Asian financial sector, energy and agriculture. Using research from Macquarie Research Equities house, Macquarie Gateway Trust provides investment in agricultural commodities via two indices and the energy sector ...