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GFC not over, but opportunities abundant: TRG

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
Treasury Group boutique fund managers were united in the view that the global financial crisis is not over just yet, but that selective opportunities exist for canny investors, at a briefing with journalists yesterday. "To me, it's just how it plays ...

Senior exec moves at AMP and RARE

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
Three RARE Infrastructure analysts have joined AMP Capital Investors - while Charles Hamieh, AMP senior analyst, global infrastructure securities, moves to RARE next month. AMP Capital Investors has welcomed three RARE researchers to its folds, including ...

EOFYS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
"And now I'm fallin' Fallin' fast again..." -Fallin, Teri de Sario It had to happen today, didn't it? EOFY would not be a happy one for Australia given the ugly lead from Wall Street and European bourses while we were sleeping. SPI futures trading says ...

Moody's cries boo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
I though we've already settled this a long, long time ago. Greece is junk! But no! No! Bloomberg reports that the Dow erased its triple-digit gains overnight when Moody's cried boo. OMG! If we're dealing with a market that reacts this way, then it really ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
The Australian share market has received a mixed lead from offshore markets after Wall Street closed weaker but crude oil and copper ended firmer. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Future Exchange, the June share price index contract was down 11 points at ...

CalPERS reprimands board member

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
One of the largest US funds, CalPERS, has voted to strip one board member's position as chair of the fund's health benefits committee along with her travel privileges after failing to file financial disclosure statements. According to a press release ...

Budget underwhelms planning groups

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
Financial planning groups have applauded tax discounts on savings and higher super guarantee payments, but most don't expect the Federal Budget's announcements will heavily impact client strategies. The Rudd Government's Federal Budget announced last ...

Schroders scoops intl equities mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
Schroder Investment Management Limited (Schroders) has won an international equities mandate with WA-based fund GESB. In a press statement, GESB noted it chose Schroders following a review of the core component of its $2.7 billion international equity ...

Women make up 30 pc of trustees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
Days after Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young called for 40 per cent of board directors of Australia's Top 200 ASX listed companies to be women, research by Rainmaker released today on International Women's Day confirmed that not even not-for-profit ...

IFSA and Deloitte launch Future Leaders award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
The Investment & Financial Services Association and Deloitte have launched the IFSA/Deloitte Future Leaders Award - encouraging young financial services executives to submit ideas on how to solve some of Australia's toughest economic issues. Sarah Woodhouse ...