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Premium shareholders approve program

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... realise their shareholding in the short term, the opportunity to do so at a value that will be close to the value of the company's asset backing," said Tom Collins, chair of the company, before the shareholders voted. "Importantly, it will also allow ...

Perpetual poised to gain market share

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... to investors as sentiment towards equities turn more positive and the "dash to cash" comes to an end. Speaking at the company's full year results presentation this morning, Perpetual's chief executive David Deverall gave a progress report in a period ...

Van Eyk resigns as executive chair

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
Stephen van Eyk, founding director of the company named after him, van Eyk Research, has resigned as executive chair. A statement from the firm said van Eyk resigned for personal reasons. He remains a significant shareholder in the company and will ...

S&P rates AMP bond fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
Standard & Poor's has given a 'four star' rating to the AMP Capital Corporate Bond fund. This rating means the AMP Capital Corporate Bond fund and Corporate Bond fund A are both rated four stars. The fund provides corporate bond exposure to investors ...

New head of sales for Macquarie Wrap

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
Macquarie Adviser Services has appointed ex-AMP executive Cameron Spittle as head of sales for Macquarie Wrap and Macquarie's cash solutions. With more than a decade of experience in the financial services industry, Spittle joins Macquarie after eight ...

HSBC wins AMP Capital mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
HSBC-owned quant manager Sinopia has won a mandate to provide global passive inflation-linked bonds to AMP Capital's Future Directions Diversified Funds. As the specialist quantitative asset management arm of HSBC Global Asset Management, Sinopia manages ...

LGS wins green globe award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
Local Government Super has been awarded the 2009 Commercial Property Green Globe Award. The award follows a series of green upgrades to LGS' $500 million direct property portfolio through the implementation of its Sustainable Portfolio Program. The ...

VicSuper and FSS win AIST scholarships

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
Peter Lunt, executive manager investments at VicSuper and Cristina Cifuentes, trustee director of First State Super, have been named the winners of the 2009 AIST Educational Scholarships. The scholarships - valued at $10,000 each and sponsored by Tyndall ...

Recession over! Sigh!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... in demand easily translates to higher earnings for the now "leaner and meaner" businesses. The better than expected US company earnings in the second quarter attest to this. As business profitability improves, demand for capital investment and labour ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... points. NEW YORK - US stocks rebounded on Tuesday, a day after a sharp pullback as the market digested better-than-expected company earnings and mixed economic data on housing and inflation. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 82.6 points ...