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QIC and QSuper pour $28b in alpha-beta mandates

... this reallocation is QIC and QSuper putting our investments into action," said QIC's chief executive Doug McTaggart. Other major changes to the way QSuper's assets are managed include a significant portion of the $18 billion alpha portfolio now internally ...

Suncorp and Tyndall outline team restructure

... fund manager ranked the 18th largest in the country, according to Rainmaker, and not surprisingly, the union also heralded major staff changes and fresh appointments. Brett Himbury, the group's managing director in asset management, said that the Australian ...

IFSA names three for industry excellence

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
... portfolio manager in the strategy division at QIC, has been chair of the P Group for the last three years and has been a major driver in the development and adoption of the Australian version of Global Investment Performance Standard (GIPS) and the Gold ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
... organised for a hedge fund hammered by recent market turmoil helped support the market. The move is in contrast to other major banks, which recently shut funds. The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 3.01 points, or 0.02 per cent, to end at 13,236.53. ...

MetLife and Challenger finalise deal

... annuity and pension business to Challenger, effective end of this month. "The sale of our investment business completes a major phase of our strategic re-positioning," said Tassin Barnard, MetLife's chief executive officer. "We've already seen strong ...

CommunityCPS launches charity foundation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... salary. "We also hope our service providers will support the work of the foundation," he said. Governor-General of Australia, Major-General (retired) Michael Jeffery, has agreed to become patron of the CommunityCPS charity foundation. Community marketing ...

The price of pain

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... cent, 1.5 per cent and 3.1 per cent respectively. Fear of sub-prime contagion has gripped global markets and prompted some major central bank interventions against a complete credit crunch. The US Federal Reserve added to its US$24 billion (28.43 billion) ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
... pretty sure," he said. "(In the US) I don't think there will be any quick recovery. "This could drag out for a while." The major miners were both down significantly. Mining giant BHP Billiton dropped $1.44 or 3.93 per cent to $35.22. Rival miner Rio ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
... moving up, the cost of doing business goes up. It can be interpreted from that that profit growth can slow a little." The major miners were mixed today, the result of generally weaker metals prices. Mining giant BHP Billiton gained nine cents to $36.79 ...

Westpac to list wealth management arm

Westpac has announced plans to partially float the investment management business of its subsidiary BT Financial Group, one of the largest fund managers in the country with $40 billion in assets. The partial float is in relation to BT's investment management ...