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Minnow mortgage manager wants to be big fish

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... the bigger end of town Challenger jumped in and massively propelled the consolidation even faster. "And now you have the major banks actively participating in a space that they said they weren't going to participate in, with CBA buying a third of Aussie ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... diplomacy and world affairs at Occidental College in Los Angeles. The Mining & Energy NSW exhibition continues. Yesterday, both major local indices posted their biggest one-day rise since January 25. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 finished 216.4 points, or ...

ASIC tightens short-selling rules

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... whether or not it will lift the ban on covered short sales for non-financial stocks. The restrictions came after all the major markets changed their regulation around shorting. Besides the US and the UK, countries including France, Germany, Switzerland ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... Macquarie Group. "There's obviously some substantial profits being booked from people covering short positions and this is a major driving force in our market today. "For short-term traders and even long-term shorts, they've made a fantastic profit and ...

Super cushions local asset managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
The country's compulsory super will keep the investment management arms of the major banks chugging along despite the current market crisis - unlike their European and US counterparts which are under the hammer, if not already sold, as their parent ...

Dec 2007 redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
The world's major central banks have launched a joint effort to address the on-going liquidity crisis and stabilise financial markets. This failed in December 2007 when the economic and financial backdrop were much better, will it succeed this time? ...

Qantas Super to exit Constellation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... Constellation's managing director Doug Little said the timing could have been better, given the current market fallout, but that the major change will allow the company to find a new strategic partner. "We're actually quite excited about this opportunity ...

Adam Smith hires portfolio manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
Boutique Australian equities investment manager Adam Smith Asset Management has appointed Stephen Atkinson as portfolio manager within its small cap Australian equities team. Atkinson has been a portfolio manager at MMC Asset Management, Credit Suisse ...

America on its knees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... spark a capital flight out of the US dollar and perhaps into the euro. After the gold standard, the US dollar became the major means of exchange and was regarded a safe haven during periods of market upheaval. Now the safe haven is the one under attack ...

GMO opens EM portfolio to new frontiers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... frontier markets. "We've decided to expand our universe to include all the frontier markets that are covered by the two major index providers," he said. "We're collecting fundamental data and running our model, registering the fund locally and we'll ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:01PM
Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:30AM
The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:13PM
L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   11:50AM
Apostle Fund Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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