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SSgA beefs up investment team

... replaces Louis Davis. Kennedy has over 10 years experience in the industry including two years as a senior associate at BARRA and two years as head of Merrill Lynch Asia Pacific's derivative research group. He will report to head of Australian equities ...

A Doctor for Macquarie's house.

... Zdilar has more than eight years of quantitative equity research experience in funds management and includes roles with BARRA International and running a consultancy business where Mr Zdilar advised clients on infrastructure and quantitative strategies. ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar back above $US0.7200

The Australian dollar opened stronger today, back above $US0.7200, after the US dollar slid against major currencies given geopolitical concerns in thin trading ahead of Thanksgiving. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7237/42 compared ...

New boutique funds management group launched by outgoing BT/Sagitta executives

A new boutique funds management group has been launched by four recently departed BT/Sagitta investment executives to specialise in small caps and listed property securities. The wholesale boutique - Renaissance Asset Management - will act as holding ...

Beston leases $3.45 million acquisitions to Evans & Tate

The Beston Wine Industry Trust (BWI) has announced the acquisition of two wineries that will be leased to premium wine company Evans & Tate Limited (ETW). BWI purchased Yarra Valley winery Oakridge Estate for $2.25 million and the Woods' Vineyard in ...

Morning market wrap: Mixed signals for US market

The Dow Jones finished slightly lower as investors were subjected to a barrage of mixed signals regarding US economic health. Disappointing earnings figures and manufacturing data indicating a second month of contraction dampened market sentiment. But ...

Morningstar gives three stars to Perpetual's Barra offering

John Fernando Research house Morningstar has given Perpetual Investments' Alpha Quant offering from Barra International a three star rating. Morningstar said that a lack of emphasis on quality and sustainability of earnings from the quant model was ...