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US dominoes keep falling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
... energy, which eroded real incomes and wages, likely contributed to the slowdown in spending, as did the declines in household wealth associated with the weakness in house prices and equity prices. At least the recently enacted fiscal stimulus package ...

New recruit at GESB

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
... Melbourne where many within the industry regard her as establishing a benchmark in best of class call centres. "Robyn brings a wealth of knowledge to the position and will be responsible for developing and implementing the strategic direction for member ...

Ibbetson leaves S&P

... on fund ratings, research and providing advisory services to major financial planning groups such as CBA and St. George Wealth Management." "We believe that the retail end of the market is where we can add the most value, by leveraging our growing presence ...

Bravura appoints EMEA CEO

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
Global wealth management applications provider Bravura Solutions has appointed Tony Klim as the company's chief executive for the EMEA region. Klim will be in charge of developing new lines of business for the firm and implementing major change programs ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... per cent, posting a six-week closing high as market sentiment improved after a newspaper reported that China's sovereign wealth fund planned to buy as much as $10 billion in Japanese stocks. The Nikkei average rose 3.1 per cent or 414.11 points to end ...

Garnaut Review heralds an economic revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... significant cost and the microeconomic and social equity ramifications will have to be planned for. "[It] involves a transfer of wealth from the economic agent to whom the [carbon emission] price is ultimately transferred (in some cases businesses, but ...

Q Invest targets professionals

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
... product, which was officially launched last night, has been in the works for the past 12 months and will be aimed at the wealth-accumulated professional market. The private clients service will provide "sophisticated" private investors with a dedicated ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... points lower at 5567 on a volume of 11,911 contracts. With the market engaged heavily in results season, Macquarie Private Wealth division director Martin Lakos said there had been no major surprises in results announced today. "We're well and truly ...

New appointments at Macquarie

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... superannuation platforms and its investment products to financial intermediary customers throughout Australia. "Peter has a wealth of experience in the retail financial services market, has a strong history of working closely with our clients and has ...

Fear is the poison apple

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... biggest source of risks for those assets," said Wood. He added: "When markets are doing well and when [investors] have that wealth for a couple of years consecutively, what does that do to a person's calculations on risk policy? It goes up, and what ...