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Tower appoints Taylor to group managing director

Tower has appointed acting chief executive Keith Taylor to group managing director as it continues to restructure following its $67.74 million loss last year. "There is no question that we have a lot of hard work to do-the market environment for financial ...

Barclays tops Morningstar sector strength ratings

Barclays Global Investors' Managed Investments Australian share fund has received a sector strength rating of five and a Morningstar star rating of three stars for its style-neutral 'alpha tilts' investment approach, putting them on top of Morningstar's ...

Hedge funds grow 5% in 2002: Hennessee

The hedge fund industry grew five per cent in 2002 to a total of US$592 billion ($987 billion) through manager performance and new capital inflows, according to the ninth Annual Hennessee Hedge fund Manager Survey released today. Hedge funds outperformed ...

Global accounting standards get thumbs up: report

About 92% of financial institutions favou a single set of global accounting standards incorporated in the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), according to a study released by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Economist Intelligence Unit ...

Lazard gets 'Strong' Australian Equities rating from Assirt

Lazard Asset Management's Australian equities management has been rated 'Strong' by Assirt, winning praise for its recent performance and adding that it was well placed to cope with a market swing away from its favoured 'value' style of investing. "Lazard ...

World airline industry faces worst crisis ever

The world airline industry is facing its worst crisis ever and according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the war in Iraq may cause some carriers to fold their operations. Andrew Drysdale, head of IATA's Asia Pacific division ...

Afternoon market wrap: Airlines hit by turbulence

The All Ordinaries index edged lower in sympathy with global indices but the losses were moderate in comparison to the heavy sell-off in Asian markets today. The difficulties facing the global airline industry continued to weigh down Qantas, pushing ...

IFSA welcomes ASX corporate governance guidelines

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) today welcomed the launch of the Australian Stock Exchange's (ASX) corporate governance guidelines. Richard Gilbert, chief executive officer of IFSA, said that the guidelines are overwhelmingly ...

Qantas shares plummet as Dixon warns investors on profits

Qantas shares plummeted 12.2 per cent in morning trading, falling $0.36 to $2.96 after chief executive Geoff Dixon said it would be unable to meet market profit expectations for the full year. Qantas had earlier cautioned the market of the pressures ...

Midday market wrap: Market static ahead of weekend

The All Ordinaries index was little changed during the morning session with investors unprepared to take any major positions ahead of the weekend. Doubts on the exact progress of the war on Iraq were fuelling the uncertainty. Investors have been faced ...