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RBC Dexia wins Superfund mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
RBC Dexia has won a mandate from managed futures fund provider Superfund to give fund administration, custody and shareholder registry services to five master and feeder funds marketed to Asian investors. "With Asia being a specific part of our growth ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
The Australian dollar was lower at noon after a downgrade in the credit ratings of Greece and Portugal prompted investors to offload higher-yielding assets. At 1200 AEST, the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.9191/93, down 0.62 per cent from Tuesday's ...

Liar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
"Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." - Sir Walter Scott (Marmion, 1808) Greece has just climb 10 notches up crap creek when Eurostat - the European Union's official Statistician - called it a liar. Eurostat revealed last ...

Securitor awards top practices and advisers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
Westpac-owned dealer group Securitor caps its annual conference this month with the handing of awards to their best practices and financial advisers in 2009. Brad Cooper, chief executive of BT Financial Group, the wealth management business of Westpac ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
The Australian share market had fallen back below the 5,000 point level at noon on across-the-board losses amid concerns surrounding the Europe-wide flight ban. Also driving a heavy sell-off in early trade were lower oil and gold prices, and a negative ...

ASIC targets alleged Ponzi scheme

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
ASIC has obtained court orders freezing $14.6 million in assets of four men from Victoria and Western Australia, due to concerns about the possible operation of a Ponzi-style scheme. The orders are against Peter van de Steeg, Jonathan Ezzy, Peter Berlowitz ...

Lonsec names top global equities funds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
T.Rowe Price Global Equity fund, Templeton Global Equities fund and Goldman Sachs JBWere International fund are among seven funds that received a 'highly recommended' rating from Lonsec's global equity review. Lonsec's 2009-10 Large Cap Global Equity ...

BlackRock SMA tops $500m

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
BlackRock's Customised Portfolio Service has reached $500 million in FUA and launched 84 investment models across 34 product disclosure statements in under five years in operation. Scott Phillips, BlackRock's director and head of retail at BlackRock ...

RBS adds to Aus markets team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has appointed John Cummins as co-head of markets for Australia as the firm ramps up its local markets business. Cummins previously worked as head of corporate risk solutions at RBS in Hong Kong. In this role, he will ...

BTIM realigns income and diversified funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
In his first 100 days as head of BT Investment Management, ex-Perpetual CIO Emilio Gonzalez has combined all of the fund's income capabilities under one roof, diversified funds in another and will be hiring two new senior appointments as part of the ...