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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... Fortescue Metals. At 1201 AEST, Fortescue Metals had surged 49.5 cents, or 16.56 per cent, to $3.485 after the mining company emerged from a trading halt with news it had secured a new $US4.5 billion ($A4.31 billion) credit facility from Credit Suisse ...

CEO bonuses tumbled in 2011

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... "In the current market conditions, it is clear that boards have been listening to investor view on bonuses in light of company returns. We have seen this level of dialogue and engagement increase with the advent of the 'two strikes' rule on executive ...

Blue Sky names investment manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... has named Lachlan McMurdo as an investment manager in its private equity division. McMurdo joins Blue Sky from Bain & Company's private equity group where he worked as a consultant for three years. In his new role, he will be helping with the company's ...

Judgment reserved for accused Ponzi head

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... funds operating in Australia in 2010. ASIC claims the operators of these funds, including Hobbs and the former Vanuatu company, Future Trading Corporation Ltd., none of whom held an Australian Financial Services licence, targeted Australian investors ...

Q3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... participants' assets were invested in equity securities through equity funds, the equity portion of balanced funds, and company stock. Thirty-three percent were in fixed-income securities such as stable value investments and bond and money funds." We ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... Statistics is scheduled to release August's new motor vehicle sales figures. In equities news, cleaning and waste management company Transpacific's chief executive Kevin Campbell is slated to speak at American Chamber of Commerce in Australia's lunch ...

J.P. Morgan buys into online shopping

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... undisclosed amount was made via Lazada's controversial German owner, Rocket Internet. Rocket Internet GmbH is an online start-up company that clones successful internet sites and replicates them in other countries. Lazada is an online department store ...

Legg Mason chief replaced to staunch investor outflow

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... replacement while lead independent director W. Allen Reed will become non-executive chairman. Fetting had steered the company through the fallout of the GFC since 2008 but had been unable to stem withdrawals of cash by investors. Yesterday Legg Mason ...

Concentrated portfolios can benefit HNW

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... approach and are looking for a strategy which delivers capital presentation and attractive returns. PPM's focus is at the company level in examining the company's opportunities, financial and industry structure, and finally the attraction of the market's ...

Marathon assets under review

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... date. It is understood that Marathon believes the management change ends a period of instability and uncertainty in the company and it would provide a base from which to move forward. Marathon was founded in 1986 by William Arah, Jeremy Hosking and Neil ...