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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... contract was six points lower at 4,294 points, with 5,027 contracts traded. In economics news on Thursday, Treasury secretary Ken Henry is to appear before a Senate committee. The Australian Bureau of Statistics is to publish data on private new capital ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... Tuesday, The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) publishes the minutes of its May 4 monetary policy meeting. Treasury Secretary Ken Henry delivers the Australian Business Economists' annual post-Budget address. RBA Head of Financial Stability Department ...

Wingate pushes for Everest board removal

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
Wingate Group has ramped up its efforts to oust the board of Everest Financial Group ahead of the annual general meeting next week. In a letter to shareholders, Wingate insists the Everest board should be removed because of litigation issues, excessive ...

INGIM senior portfolio manager resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
Ron Mehmet, senior portfolio manager within the multi-manager team of ING Investment Management has resigned from his post, leaving the company next month after 12 years to join another funds management firm. Mehmet, who leaves the firm on 25 June ...

Simple tax is too taxing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
If I didn't know better, I would think that the Australian Treasury Secretary's name is Henry Review instead of Dr. Ken Henry. Look around you...pick up a paper...click on a mouse, and you're sure to find Dr. Ken Henry Tax Review splattered across the ...

Wingate slams Everest governance, wants board out

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
Wingate Group wins a small victory in its campaign to oust the Everest board due to poor governance after Everest said it will not award an options package to its chief executive Jeremy Reid. The Everest board said Reid has elected not to take up the ...

Challenger poised for boutique growth

ASX RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
Challenger Financial Services Group has reported that its Boutique Partnership funds under management (FUM) saw a threefold increase in the last 12 months, reaching $4.5 billion in total as of March this year. The listed group reported the numbers as ...

Goldman Sachs accused of fraud

SEC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Goldman Sachs and one of its vice presidents for fraud relating to subprime mortgages. The SEC is charging Goldman Sachs for defrauding investors by mis-stating and omitting key facts about a ...

African bourse on the rise

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
The Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) is steadily making changes to its structure to keep pace with its overseas counterparts, and the results are promising. Late last month, NSE chief executive Peter Mwangi, spoke at an industry forum about the progress ...

Lonsec research team expands

LONSEC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
Lonsec has beefed up its research team, including hiring ex-PIS research manager Darren Howlin in a similar role, while its senior investment analyst Bronwen Moncrieff resigned to join the Future Fund. As well as contributing to Lonsec's current research ...