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Back to school on finance

BlackRock's chief executive Laurence Fink and his wife Lori have donated US$10 million to UCLA to fund academic research that could help explain the changing world of finance post sub-prime. Fink is an alumnus of UCLA and is currently the chair of UCLA's ...

Telstra Super eyes distressed debt

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
... and is defined as securities that yield at least 10 percent above the risk-free rate benchmark. According to NYU Stern School of Business, the size of the distressed debt market was about US$620 billion in face value back in 2006.

FinLit boosts productivity while educating kids

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... literacy programs provide is they focus on life skills that can be blended into the current content across all areas of school programs without needing to add more work. The insight it will teach will also help make students more productive when they ...

Fix productivity, fix education

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... problem-solving and health literacy." Even worse, the Dusselldorp report noted, "Currently 87 percent of available jobs require post-school qualifications, but 50 percent of the workforce lacks these qualifications." The shortfall is a major reason behind ...

FinLit goes global

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... Foundation has just announced that the Professional Learning Package aimed at giving resources to primary and secondary school teachers is nearing completion and is on-track for its June 2008 launch, though it will have to compete with the increasing ...

CSRF puts faith in the ballot box

... re-election. But keen to come on board this time around are Rev Joseph Camilleri from the Archdiocese of Sydney, Catholic school teacher Margaret Croucher, school principal Peter Treloar and Maitland-based retiree Gareth Townsend. The elected member ...

US Fed back in the lead

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
The US Fed, taking its cues from successful school principals and sports coaches, is now leading the game rather than following and it's no surprise that economies and markets are fast falling back into line. Pointing the way is some strategic commentary ...

SSgA wins $200m hedge fund replication mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... Strategy replicates the average performance of a group of hedge funds using indexing techniques developed by London Business School academics Bill Fung and Narayan Naik, and Duke University academic David Hsieh. State Street Global Advisors tailored ...

Enron Part Two

... practice standards in the field. Solomon presented in the 2008 Ratcliffe memorial lecture held this week at the Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales. Michelle Baltazar

Cromwell recruits ex-rugby manager

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment and is currently undertaking an executive MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management. The appointment follows the departure of Paul Cronan AM who resigned from Cromwell to return to Canberra ...