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Instinet appoints deputy head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... Portfolio Implementation and Restructuring Group. Moore becomes the fourth member of the group, which was launched by parent company Instinet - a tech firm specialising in electronic trading and agency-only brokerage services - in May 2009. Moore joins ...

Macquarie launches online election service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
Macquarie Wrap has launched an online election service for corporate actions - a process that helps advisers eliminate the need for paperwork. When creating the new online service, Macquarie Wrap focused on reducing the administrative burden for advisers ...

APRA recovers super assets

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has successfully recovered the assets of failed South Australian based Harts Australia Staff Superannuation Fund. APRA took legal action on behalf of the fund's acting trustee to sell a property ...

Eslake joins think-tank

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
Saul Eslake, former ANZ chief economist for 14 years, has joined the Gratton Institute as program director in the productivity growth division. The Gratton Institute is a new think-tank that is supported by the Commonwealth and Victorian Governments ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... Office of Financial Management will conduct a tender for $700 million in April 2014 Commonwealth government bonds. In company news, Pacifica Group Ltd and Energy Resources of Australia Ltd release first half results. Origin Energy Ltd releases its fourth ...

Van Eyk appoints CEO and board

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
Financial planning research and ratings firm, van Eyk, has appointed Mark Thomas as chief executive, while Stephen van Eyk, managing director and chair, has moved to be executive chair. The firm also appointed two new non-executive directors including ...

Investors eager for more bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
There have been 13 new convertible bond issuances in the Asia Pacific since last September and as the financial markets recover, investors remain eager for more, according to dealReporter. Comparatively, before the credit crunch, there were 30 new issues ...

OptiMix appoints new managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
CrA(C)dit Agricole Asset Management, Investec Asset Management and MFS Investment Management are just three of the multiple new fund managers added to OptiMix's new investment manager line-up. CrA(C)dit Agricole, MFS, Investec, AllianceBernstein and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... expectations. Despite a third consecutive quarterly loss auto maker Daimler added 4.55 per cent to close at 31.46 euros. The company foresaw an improvement in its operating results by the end of the year. Lufthansa edged up 0.21 per cent, having released ...

UK pension and fundies to drive long-termism

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... catastrophe and to better align the interest of the owners of companies, or the shareholders, and the managers, or the company boards. Eight of these recommendations were directed at institutional shareholders and how they can play a bigger role in shifting ...