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BTIM launches emerging market strategy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... comes from London-based boutique investment house JO Hambro Capital Management, which BTIM acquired in October 2011. Martin Franc, head of sales and marketing at BT Investment Management, said that the strategy aims to satisfy growing demand for investments ...

Asia for the long haul

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
While there is a lot of head nodding when it comes to the benefits of investing in Asia, it's a region that remains under represented based on its economic fundamentals, according to Jonathan Schuman, head of global business development at San Francisco-based ...

FATCA discussions welcomed by FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
Formal discussions on an intergovernmental tax agreement were welcomed yesterday by the Financial Services Council. The Gillard Government announced this week that discussions have commenced with the United States on an intergovernmental agreement for ...

Two ANZ appointments for merged Asia/Pac business

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
ANZ recently announced the merging of its Asia and Pacific business under the remit of current CEO Asia Gilles PlantA(C) who will become ANZ CEO Asia Pacific. PlantA(C), who was recently given overall accountability for ANZ's retail franchise in Asia ...

UBS to cut up to 10 000 jobs

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
Swiss bank UBS AG could cut as many as 10 000 jobs after announcing a $AUD 2.25 billion net profit loss on Tuesday. As part of a cost-cutting following the result, Switzerland's biggest bank said that it "is likely to have a headcount of around 54 000" ...

Australia leads in global median wealth

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
The median wealth of Australians continues to be the highest in the world, a Credit Suisse Research Institute report released today reveals. Dubbed the annual Global Wealth Report, the research shows Asia Pacific overtaking Europe as the world's largest ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
This isn't supposed to happen. Have you seen the headlines over the past 24 hours? There was bad news almost everywhere from Australian broadcaster Alan Jones chastised by the media (social or otherwise) to Britain's princess Kate snapped - bottomless ...

Super Mario to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
"We have just taken a very important decision, it is a fully effective backstop for removing the tail risk of Europe." With these words, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi put a stop to months of speculation, hearsays and guesswork. Mario ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
The Australian sharemarket is lower, in the wake of US data showing continued weakness in the US manufacturing sector, and ahead of key market-influencing events. At 1200 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 41.7 points, or 0.97 per ...

We're revolutionising financial planning: Mortgage Choice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
Mortgage Choice is set to expand into financial planning by opening up 60 franchises by 2015 to sit along side its 380 countrywide home loan businesses. The mortgage broking group plans to be Australia's fastest growing branded financial planning organisation ...