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Artio brings high yield to Aust instos

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
New York-based investment management firm, Artio Global Investors, is meeting with super funds this week to introduce its new high yield bond investment strategy as a smart alternative to equities. Since opening its first Australian office in Sydney ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
The Australian sharemarket was flat at noon after four consecutive days of losses with investors nervous following a steady stream of bad news. At 1230 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up nine points, or 0.22 per cent, at 4,060, while the broader ...

Trust company considers outsourcing while MITs drive growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... company has continued to receive fees. Much of The Trust Company's corporate growth is coming through Managed Investment Trusts (MIT), as it acts on behalf of European and North American clients. The company is now trustee to 24 MITs, supervising over ...

UBS CEO resigns over rogue trading scandal

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
The UBS board of directors has accepted the resignation of its chief executive, Oswald GrA1/4bel, after the recent rogue trading scandal that lost the Swiss bank $2.36 billion. Sergio Ermotti has been named group chief executive on an interim basis ...

Social media crises on the rise

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
The frequency and impact of companies encountering negative social media is on the rise according to a research survey, which found companies that aren't prepared for an online backlash suffer the most. Recently released research from Altimeter defined ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
NEW YORK - US stocks got a boost Thursday despite poor domestic economic data after major central banks joined hands to ensure US dollar liquidity to Europe's embattled banks. In positive territory for the fourth day in a row, the Dow Jones Industrial ...

JP Morgan appoints head of transition management

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
JP Morgan Treasury & Securities Services has appointed a new head of transition management Australia and New Zealand, as part of the bank's growing financing & markets products division in Asia Pacific. Patrick Fanning has been appointed to the role ...

Challenger taps CFSGAM head for retirement product

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
Challenger Limited says it is seeking fresh thinking in retirement products and has hired Colonial First State Global Asset Management's former head of investment research for a newly created position. Aaron Minney has been appointed as head of retirement ...

New institutional risk product set to launch

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
Large industry and public sector superannuation funds are expected to be the main beneficiaries of a new advisory service by Russell Investment Consulting to help institutional investors manage risk. Greg Liddell, managing director of consulting and ...

SMSFs can use tax rule to save thousands conference told

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
A proposed law that would impose taxes on super fund assets following the death of the member could save beneficiaries money if they made full use of anti-detriment tax rules, an industry conference heard yesterday. Anti-detriment deductions can in ...