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Credit Suisse CEO departs

Credit Suisse Asset Management's chief executive officer Andrew McKinnon is calling it a day after more than a decade at the helm. McKinnon, who has transformed the group's asset management business from a $1.9 billion operation back in 1995 to the ...

Index for the smart, hedge for the stupid

LA-based investment theory and practice guru Rex Sinquefield entertained, enlightened and provoked the audience at the FPA conference last week when he questioned returns made by hedge funds and called those who invest in them "stupid". "Many people ...

CSAM moves into hedge fund market

Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) has launched two Australian domiciled funds of hedge funds to signify the inception of its alternatives business in the local arena. The CSAM Global Long/Short Equity Fund offers the opportunity for investors to ...

$1.1 billion MBS issue by Members Equity Bank

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2005
A $1.1 billion securitisation for Members Equity Bank was priced on 15 April 2005, with demand causing a sharp uplift in the amount on issue. The Mortgage Backed Securitisations (MBS) issue was the second for Members Equity Bank's Superannuation Home ...

BNP Securities Services beefs up its risk, control and finance team

BNP Paribas Securities Services has increased the size of its Risk, Control and Finance management team with the appointment of Nicolas Faust as head of risk, control and finance and Kathy Gleadhill in the newly created position of head of internal ...

Analysts upgrade forecasts for ASX, await new CEO

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2004
Analysts today upgraded their forecasts for the Australian Stock Exchange Ltd citing the company's first quarter results and expectations that its new chief executive would address costs when he takes up the job next week. The ASX yesterday announced ...

Leading US companies in pension funding crisis; CSFB

US companies listed on the S&P-500 are facing their worst pension funding crisis in 10 years, looking at a combined US$245 billion shortfall by the end of the year, Credit Suisse First Boston said last week. According to David Zion at CSFB, meager investment ...

Insurers expected to report big profits this week

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2004
The weather and the financial environment have been kind to insurance companies in 2004 but the market wants to see just how kind when heavyweight insurers AMP, Insurance Australia Group (IAG) and QBE insurance unveil profits this week. Analysts have ...

Broking houses downgrade CBA after full year result

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2004
Broking houses were marking down their earnings estimates for Commonwealth Bank of Australia for 2005 after Wednesday's full year earnings fell short of market expectations. Chief executive David Murray unveiled a whopping 28% rise in CBA\'s full year ...

WAN shareholders unlikely to support any merger with Fairfax

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2004
West Australian Newspaper Holdings shareholders would be unlikely to support any merger with John Fairfax Holdings given that the economics of a merger at current prices would be difficult to justify, Credit Suisse First Boston analyst Finola Burke ...