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Islamic finance crucial for Australia: Crean

GOVERNMENT RELEASE | MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010

... action," said Crean. Islamic finance refers to the Islamic law or the Shariah, which prohibits the earning of interest for a focus on profit sharing based on the buying and selling of tangible assets. This development comes after Westpac launched its ...

In Kerr Neilson we trust

MICHAEL HOBBS | THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010

... fund and Platinum Asia fund have experienced the largest flows in the past 12 months due to both funds' performance and focus on capital preservation. Platinum has an investor services team and provides regular updates to clients including monthly fund ...

Contribs rate during GFC still 23 pct

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010

... While the strong numbers doesn't challenge arguments for why SG should be increased, it reinforces why such arguments must focus on the distribution of which income groups would benefit from any such SG increases. This is because analysis that tries ...

AXA appoints new GMs

COMPANY RELEASE | MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010

... teams, including AXA's state-based business development teams. The general manager, national accounts will have a greater focus on relationship building, account intelligence and product sales across the current national accounts segment. The general ...

More funds adopt intra-fund advice

RUTH LIEW | FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010

... out in the next two months, said Dave Woodall, general manager, client and member services at Plum. "We will have a strong focus around addressing adequacy... helping people make the right decision on investment choice...contribution and insurance levels," ...

From ratchet to resilient: an economy in bloom

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS | THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010

... economy will post just over three per cent growth for 2010, driven by emerging markets demand. "We've constantly got to focus on 1.3 billion people in China moving towards industrialisation. At CommSec, we do have buy ratings on BHP and Rio Tinto because ...

ERSEL selects RIMES for tech

COMPANY RELEASE | THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010

Italian and Luxembourg-domiciled asset manager ERSEL Sim S.p.A has selected Barra Performance on RIMES to service its performance measurement and attribution requirements. RIMES Technologies is a financial data integrator and performance solutions provider ...

Alternatives by any other name

MICHAEL HOBBS | THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010

... development. "How one firm defines alternatives versus another firm might not seem significant but it is when you consider the focus being placed on understanding the growth opportunity in this segment," said the report. "The lack of uniformity is leading ...

Instinet close to signing two major transition mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS | WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010

... "If we were on four or five [transition panels] by the end of the year we would be extremely happy." Fildes said another focus area for the firm is in Smart Order Routing, which means investors can search for the best execution outcome possible for their ...

AIST and VU unveil graduate course

COMPANY RELEASE | TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010

... for specialist skills, particularly in the areas of governance and accountability of which this new course has a strong focus," said Reynolds.

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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