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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... Expectations for June. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) issues housing finance data for April. St George Bank publishes research on the effect of the global financial crisis on Australia. In company news, the first day of the Mining the Pilbara ...

Working mothers caught in tax snafu

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... Australia is turning into a blowtorch. University of Sydney professor of public economics Patricia Apps has released research, reported in today's Sydney Morning Herald, that shows women earning low to middle income wages are paying the highest tax rates ...

UK DB plans must shape up

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... rolled out across other defined benefit markets. "We believe there is a strong demand for a delegated solution and the research we've conducted shows company and trustee reactions are very positive about this approach to risk control," he said.

VFMC ex-chief to chair MCFS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... acknowledged for its thought leadership on issues relating to funds management, banking and insurance, and is well known for its research and the events programs it conducts. MCFS has agreed to take over the running of the annual Melbourne Financial ...

AMP Cap continues senior hiring spree

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... the corporate and banking division in Allen Arthur Robinson. Leckie most recently worked as head of investment markets research at Perpetual Investments. Prior to that, she worked as the chief economist at BNP Paribas and also held a number of senior ...

Hedge funds to get $60 billion boost

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... billion hedge fund allocation by more than $60 billion before December as they look to balance assets and liabilities, new research shows. Hedge fund managers are expected to heap an extra $63 billion into their coffers from pension funds and family ...

BlackRock wins Lonsec top rating

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... their approach to portfolio construction, their "well resourced" TAA approach and focus on risk management. "Independent research house reviews were welcome news, and what is most pleasing is that the Lonsec rating also applies to three new BlackRock ...

Intech CEO to leave after buyout

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
Implemented consulting firm Intech has been bought by research house Morningstar, with current Intech chief executive John Gethin-Jones stepping down once the acquisition is completed. Gethin-Jones will continue to run the Intech business until the ...

UK fundies say worst is over

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... worst of the market downturn hitting the FTSE is over - and are planning to increase their investments in UK shares. New research by Lloyds TSB shows that fund managers are optimistic that the recent bad run in the value of the FTSE may have come to ...

Merger creates 18,500 adviser force

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... banks. The firm will also continue to have distribution agreements for its IB product, and will continue to use Citi research as well as Morgan Stanley's, the spokesperson said. "Citi benefits from this transaction by monetising its investment in its ...