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Uni students get Praemium help

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... (V-Wrap) and market data system (p-Desktop). Praemium unveiled arrangements linking its services with the University's School of Mathematics - incorporating the two systems into the curriculum for Optimisation of Financial Mathematics, a core unit for ...

Wanted: Wharton scholar

CAMERON BOGGS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
The Fund Executives Association Limited (FEAL) and KPMG are giving one local super fund executive a shot at a full scholarship to Wharton, one of the most prestigious business schools in the world. The scholarship is targeted towards Australian based ...

TRS pumps $1.26bn into PE

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
US-based Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois (TRS) pours $1.26 billion of new funds into private equity after its $2.3 billion investment in the sector turned to be a money spinner returning 23 per cent in the year to March. TRS confirms ...

Mums-and-dads want investing made simple

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... mums-and-dads invest as opposed to their insto counterparts. The findings were from a University of Queensland Business School study conducted since 2005 and surveyed 2,658 retail funds and 1,494 instos in the US with the premise "How do retail and institutional ...

Resources boom has only just begun

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
Anyone needing convincing that the resources and commodities boom only has years to run should listen to Rio Tinto describe the insatiable worldwide demand for minerals. Tom Albanese, chief executive of Rio Tinto, speaking at yesterday's Australia-Israel ...

FinLit teachers package released

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
The Financial Literacy Foundation has finally released a support package for school teachers. "Financial literacy is an absolutely vital life skill for young Australians. The Rudd Government recognises that it's critical that young people get the chance ...

Super funds to raise hedge fund weighting

... Investment Management Association (AIMA), the peak body for hedge funds, and conducted by the University of NSW Business School. According to the research, major super funds expect to increase their average allocations to hedge funds from 2.5 to 3.5 ...

Ben Davis bags CIMA scholarship

... investments in the past two years has redesigned the investment analysis landscape - inspiring industry leaders to go back to school to teach new rules. Michelle Baltazar

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... Debelle, speaks in Adelaide at a symposium sponsors by Flinders International Asia Pacific Institute and Flinders Business School, on `A comparison of the US and Australian mortgage markets'. In equities, Investec Bank Australia Ltd releasess annual ...

Awareness week for planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... week will feature seminars, newspaper lift-outs, special talk back segments on local radio stations, expositions and high school information speeches across Australia. Di Bungey, FPA member liaison officer for NSW/ACT, said the NSW events previously ...