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Quant experts enter new continuum

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
... Capital managers. Ascalon chief executive Nick Basile and senior manager of investments Nelson Lam will sit on the Continuum board. The company will focus initially on Australian equities, with Core, High-Alpha and Long/Short funds. All funds will be ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
... market dipped slightly at noon from yesterday's record highs, weathering a weak Wall Street with small losses across the board. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had fallen 13.9 points to 6778.2, while the All Ordinaries had lost 9.3 points ...

AFA makes room for Gen Xers

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
The AFA Board has established a new adviser council, focused on and run by members under the age of forty, to help grow young adviser numbers. The AFA National GenXt Adviser Council will focus on professional development activities and network development ...

Macq DDR chief executive resigns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
... estate division before taking up his current position, which he held for only six months. In a release, the company said "the board would like to thank Ridgewell for the valuable contribution he has made since his appointment and wishes him well in his ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2007
... volume of 10,703 contracts. CommSec equities economist Martin Arnold said the market was abuzz with takeover talk after the board of Jubilee Mines NL unanimously recommended an all cash $3.1 billion bid by Swiss mining giant Xstrata plc. Mr Arnold said ...

Airing the dirty sub-prime linen

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2007
... way you look at it the estimated payout amounting to at least $172.8 million will ease O'Neal's discomfort. The Merrill board's discontent began after its biggest quarterly loss of $8.4 billion in its 93-year history after Merrill's total revenue plunged ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
... dealer Jamie Spiteri said the market had reacted coolly to Wall Street jitters overnight, with no major moves across the board. "There weren't too many surprises. We're sitting on about 30 points higher at noon... There (are) only short-term inconsistencies ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
... Australian stock market has received a negative lead from Wall Street, and from London where metal prices tumbled across the board last night. At 0736 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, however, the December Share Price Index was up 32 points to 6699. ...

Rate reprieve scratch during Cup Carnival?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
... influence the way they will select stocks but that "a lot of that's already been factored by the market". The RBA's next board meeting will be on Melbourne Cup day and while the odds may be shorter now on a rate hike, all will be revealed on November ...

Tobacco shares up in smoke

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... with New Zealand commitments to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and as a result, the board resolved to divest from the sector," Orr said in a statement. However the decision to withdraw from the tobacco stocks, Orr ...