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TC Growers closer to buying Timbercorp assets

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
... Timbercorp's assets to TC Growers. The growers have thrown in their support with TC Growers and are hoping for a new forestry company to be established from the assets of Timbercorp Forestry.

Leisure assets fall after GFC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
Macquarie Leisure Trust Group's tangible asset values declined by 9 per cent to $620 million at the end of June after the group revalued its property portfolio. In an ASX statement, the group said the Dreamworld/WhiteWater World, d'Albora Marinas, AMF ...

Long/short funds push back into markets

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
Long/short hedge fund managers increased their net exposure to equity markets, allowing them to post positive returns last month, according to a replication index. The Credit Suisse Long/Short Equity Replication Index, which replicates the performance ...

Industrial espionage turns viral

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... and spend weeks profiling those people. For example, they would find out what certain employees' roles are within the company, what meetings they go to and who they hold the meetings with. Then they would use that information to send these "targets" ...

Charles River adds Nomura platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
Charles River Development has added Nomura's AsiaModelEx platform onto its investment management system, Charles River IMS. Nomura's Asia ModelEx platform is a suite of core and advanced algorithmic order execution strategies. Charles River clients ...

FPA and AFA call for reform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
In a sign of solidarity, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) are pushing for the same regulatory reform, including the need for advisers to be members of a professional body. While the FPA and AFA ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... higher at 4303. In economic news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases housing finance data for June. In company news, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd posts annual results. On Friday, the Australian sharemarket closed lower, pulled down ...

CBA chair John Schubert retires

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia chairman, John Schubert, will retire in February 2010 and will be succeeded by current group non-executive director, David Turner. Schubert has been a member of the group's board since 1991, serving as deputy chairman ...

Centro chief executives depart

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
Centro Properties Group has lost both its global and Australia chief executives - sparking a hunt for replacements and casting a shadow over the group's prospects. Centro announced it was looking to appoint a new global chief executive following yesterday's ...

Wells Capital wins EM mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
Wells Capital Management, an investment arm of Wells Fargo & Company, has been selected by Japan-based Nomura Asset Management to manage the firm's $1.1 billion Emerging Markets Consumer Stock fund. Wells Capital Management is sub-advising the fund ...