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BlackRock cuts 10 staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
BlackRock Investment Management announced a round of redundancies in its property, A-REIT and marketing teams. The 10 redundancies are the result of changes to the firm's Australian property team, A-REIT and marketing teams, all other investment teams ...

CalPERS grows green strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
If you can't stop the financial crisis, then stop global warming and make money while doing it - much like how the US' biggest pension fund CalPERS has reduced 13.3 per cent of its energy use in 2007 and boosted its bottom line. The $278 billion California ...

TWU Super ups retirement stakes

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
The $2.2 billion TWU Super has introduced a new transition to retirement product in a bid to ease their members into a comfortable retirement. Until recently, TWU Super members could only access their super once they permanently retire or reach 65 years ...

In defense of Citi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
The US government's bail-out of Citigroup shows that policymakers have learnt the lessons of September when the collapse of Lehman Brothers launched financial market panic of seismic proportions. The 158-year old Lehman Brothers - may it rest in peace ...

Faster than the speed of fright

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
Sybase Australia has unveiled a new analytic appliance that can process data queries up to 100 times faster than existing databases, allowing traders and quant analysts to retrieve and analyse market information faster and cheaper than ever before. ...

Investors gain precious metal alternative

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
Platinum, palladium and silver are all at investor's fingertips after London based exchange traded commodities (ETC) provider, ETF Securities launched four precious metal ETCs on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The firm's ETC suite includes ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open in the red after Wall Street fell overnight again. At 0829 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was down 163 points at 3,235. In news this Thursday, federal ...

Don't worry, be happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
'Be careful what you wish for.' If there is only one thing Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens will be remembered by, it could be his rational warning to Australians. In a speech before a function sponsored by the Committee for Economic ...

Macquarie takes market hit

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
It's been a tough six months for Macquarie's wrap and fund divisions as falling markets offset otherwise strong platform inflows and slash fund profits to as much as 80 per cent less than what they were previously. Macquarie Group posted a half year ...

Main Street is burning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
Wall Street was at first content to wait while the G20 Generals fiddle but Citigroup's announcement of a 53,000 reduction in its workforce brought home the point that Main Street is roasting. After initially fluctuating between both sides of zero, the ...