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Bennelong wins Guardian mandate

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... are comfortable to invest in new funds. "We don't need a three-year track record where we are comfortable the manager has sound processes, an experienced team and has aspects which we see as outstanding relative to other managers in the same space," ...

What gets measured, gets done

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... measured, gets done" and said trustees must spend more thought on how they can measure the success of their strategy. This may sound obvious but not according to the research they conducted, said Levy.

AMIST appoints board director

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
Super fund AMIST has appointed Gary Hardwick, a Victorian-based employer representative, to fill the board role left open by retiring board director Peter Greenham. "After more than a decade on the AMIST Super board, Peter has decided to retire and ...

Weight in gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
There's a new twist in the tale of what we thought to be the ended saga of the GFC. The US equity market's - and by extension most other stock market's - performance over the past few weeks perfectly underscored what I've been trying to convey in my ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... speaks to the Corporate Finance World 2009 conference on "Reconnecting Corporate Australia with Frozen Credit Markets through Sound Policy Initiatives". In companies news, Fairfax Media Ltd, Wesfarmers Ltd, PMP Ltd, IAG Ltd and Count Financial Ltd will ...

Costello lands MD role at advisory firm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... the firm, said Costello will bring a unique perspective to BKK Partners' work. "Peter has an international reputation for sound economic management and policy development and continues to serve as a member of the independent advisory board of the World ...

Fidelity, Edinburgh and Sarasin win mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... will afford us the flexibility to optimise our style exposures, ensuring we can remain responsive to the market and deliver sound investment returns over the long term for our members," said Hicks. The appointments bring the total number of international ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... way up." Research in an IMF working paper released on Thursday found that, although the positions of Australian banks were sound, they still faced potential losses of up to two per cent of total loans through corporate and household defaults, The Australian ...

Shadow of a doubt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... is slowly creeping back into market consciousness? Sure, Wall Street jumped last night but why didn't the justifications sound as convincing as say, back in the first half of the year, when green shoots were all the rage? The S&P 500 spiked by 1.5 per ...

Up, down and sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
Ouch! This is the sound Australian exporters must be making these days, quickly followed by a groan when they read what this fiscal year has in store for them. Exports according to ABARE. The Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics (ABARE) ...