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Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
Uh-oh. Here's looking at you kid, and kid you're not looking good. A weaker-than-expected US non-farm payrolls report released during the Easter break punctuated a week of not so good news for the equity markets, re-igniting the uncertainty over America's ...

UBS GAM scores EUR 500 million mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... currently manages around EUR 50 billion. Roddy Sloan, head of global multi-managers and securities for GRE, said the mandate was a nod to GRE's credentials as a global real estate multi-manager. "This new mandate from BVK, regarded as one of Germany's ...

Some hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... a done deal - notwithstanding reports that teenie-weenie Slovakia is playing hard ball - following the German parliament's nod. Now the spotlight is back on Greece where auditors from the IMF, the EU and the ECB have started auditing to check how much ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher, after wall overnight closed up two per cent as upbeat US consumer spending figures lifted hopes that economic growth will pick up and Hurricane Irene caused less damage than feared. At 0714 AEST on Tuesday ...

Boing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... begins to shine, the sky turns blue and the heavens smile. And why wouldn't investors feel like the heavens had given them the nod to "make their day"? That nagging, niggling bugbear of America's economy - its labour market has done a boing! Reports ...

TOWER, CommInsure tie as top insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
TOWER Australia and CommInsure both named Life Company of the Year in the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan for Life awards held yesterday. In a surprise, the two life insurers ranked equal in the main category, with the awards committee ...

Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
"...there would appear--all else being equal--to be a case for further action." With these words, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke virtually ensured that Christmas is coming in November - no ifs, ands, buts or maybes. At least, that's what financial ...

Fin services tech firms get nod from NSW govt

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
Strategic Risk International, Milestone Group and Fintechnix are among the nine New South Wales-based financial services technology providers being promoted by the local government at an industry conference in Sydney. The two-day conference, Technology ...

IML staff strategy gets nod from ratings firm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
Investors Mutual Limited's (IML) revamped staff retention strategy has paid off for the fund manager, resulting in a stable investment team and an upgrade from a ratings firm. In September last year, IML overhauled its staff retention strategy, revamping ...

Macq Global Investments wins mandates...

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... Macquarie Global Investments' Professional Series has been awarded an investment mandate from industry super fund Cbus and a nod from van Eyk. A statement from the bank said Cbus had invested a significant amount into the Scotland-based fund manager ...