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BlackRock and Ralton join IMAP board

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... leading IMAP's member benefits programs and lend a helping hand to the body's education program, which remains the area of focus for Tracy Byrne, IMAP director and chief executive of Dais Financial Services and Adam Dawes, another director and head of ...

RMBS market on brink of collapse

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
The RMBS market is in danger of collapsing and - without government intervention - consumers may be left at the mercy of the big banks as the only remaining mortgage lenders. "The RMBS market is dying on the vine," said Greg Medcraft, chief executive ...

Islamic funds zone in on Malaysia

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... Islamic Asset Management is a joint venture between the CIMB Group and the Principal Financial Group. CIMB Principal will focus its Shariah fund management activities at CIMB-Principal Islamic Asset Management. Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) is a wholly ...

Former Invesco duo harvest good returns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... index. According to Walsh, the firm's success boils down to a sharp eye for good stock, a simple business structure, and a focus on managing money - not a company. "Being investment managers, what we enjoy doing is managing money, not managing people ...

BNP Paribas wins Ashton custody

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... an extremely challenging investment climate," he said. "In an environment of uncertainty, we believe our absolute return focus will have strong appeal to Australian investors." Ashton is a privately owned investment management group which focuses on ...

UN PRI enlists 400 firms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
The number of signatories to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) broke the 400 mark this month, rising by more than 70 members since the beginning of the year. In total, UN PRI signatories, comprise of asset owners, investment ...

This Week's Market Movers (28 Jul - 1 Aug 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... full of downside surprises in several business confidence indicators and in a number of Eurozone economic indicators, the focus of the upcoming week will be the euro zone 'flash' inflation estimate, consumer confidence indicators for France and Germany ...

Finsia launches Career Portal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) takes another step towards addressing the country's talent drought when it launched a new service dedicated to those considering a career in financial services. Finsia has launched Career Portal ...

BGI targets adviser iShare apathy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... introducing advisers to the benefits of ETFs for their customers, so we're very much dedicated to supporting advisers and we will focus more energy in the second half on getting to advisers," he said. He said institutional platforms, overall, are not ...

Planners must alter proposition: Murray

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
Investor behavioural expert, Nick Murray, is urging financial planners to change their value proposition and focus on managing client behaviour, stating it could potentially boost their client's long term returns by seven per cent. Speaking at an MLC ...