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China's SWF on hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
... 33 categories by 13 departments, the statement said. Some of these departments include asset allocation and strategic research, risk management, legal and compliance, private and public market investments. There are also positions available in the finance ...

T. Rowe Price to grow retail presence

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
Having won investment mandates from major super funds, long running US fund manager T. Rowe Price plans to expand its services to retail investors. The Baltimore-based fund manager, which has just under $3 billion in funds under management in Australia ...

FTSE launches enviro tech indices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
... and provides Australian investors with sufficient levels of granularity and precision to define this growing area of research, trading and investment decisions."

Singapore pushes for online economy

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
... is "virtual", after Singapore announced this month that it plans to spend big on IT to build an "online economy". IT research firm Ovum has released a fresh report highlighting the predicted uptake of IT services in Singapore, driven by government-led ...

Super is a good idea but needs fixing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
Superannuation is a good idea but the design of the system to implement it is regressive and flawed, argues Julian Disney, social justice law professor and long time researcher and campaigner on equity issues. Disney said the difficulty is that while ...

Seven in 10 investors are bullish: ML

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... $436 billion, participated in the regional surveys. The survey was conducted by Banc of America Securities-Merrill Lynch Research with the help of market research company TNS.

UBS portfolio manager joins Integrity

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... will assume overall responsibility for small companies and will work with the other Integrity investment team members on research coverage of the ex 100 space. Paul Fiani managing director of Integrity said "Glen's appointment will deepen our small companies ...

Legalsuper hires investment expert

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... of direct investment management experience at several fund managers and deep financial market insights from academic research over six years as Associate Professor of Finance at the Melbourne Business School," said Andrew Proebstl, chief executive of ...

HNWs to buy Aus equities

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... Financial services researcher Retail Finance Institute surveyed 500 HNWs in March this year, as part of their bi-annual research into where HNWs put their money since September 2007 (just when the GFC was about to unfold). The research found that just ...

Global infra funds fall short

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... the report found a strong case for active management as highlighted by the difference in returns across the sector. The research firm said global listed infrastructure funds could provide a good opportunity for investors to get back into equities given ...