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AMP taps first home saver market

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
AMP Banking is offering first home saver accounts (FHSAs) which boasts an 8 per cent interest rate per annum. AMP is launching the new account from the beginning of October, which will see borrowers pay an introductory variable interest rate of eight ...

HBOS Australia gives Lloyds thumbs up

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
HBOS Australia's parent company is being swallowed by UK bank Lloyds TBS, but its local arm is welcoming the move as a way to grow its client base. In a statement released by the company, HBOS Australia claims the acquisition would position the firms' ...

CalPERS halts lending to big four

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
The $274 billion California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has temporarily stopped the lending of troubled Wachovia, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and State Street shares. Anne Stausboll, interim chief investment officer of CalPERS ...

Tyndall finds value

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
The overnight bloodshed on Wall Street may have carved 3.5 per cent from the S&P/ASX200, but the turmoil has produced some fantastic buying opportunities as valuations in Aussie equities begin to improve, says Tyndall. Tyndall is sticking to its guns ...

Korean fund administrator hires SmartStream

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
A prominent Korean fund administrator has signed on SmartStream Technologies' TLM Corporate Actions to improve its client services. Shinhan Aitas, a Korean fund administrator that provides various outsourced services to fund managers, will use TLM to ...

MetLife appoints head of insto

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
MetLife Insurance Limited appointed Richard Anderson as head of institutional business. Anderson, currently with Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), will join MetLife in October and be responsible for building on the 2007 and 2008 growth ...

Lehman Bros files for bankruptcy

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
Lehman Brothers yesterday filed for bankruptcy in the US, and the shock effects are already reverberating around the world. According to a press statement released by Lehman Brothers, the group's board of directors has authorised the filing of the petition ...

QIC appoints ESG manager

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
The $80 billion QIC has appointed Kate Grant as corporate ESG manager. Grant will be in charge of the development, implementation, measurement and reporting of QIC's environmental, social and governance integration at an organisation-wide level. "We ...

Saropa signs on six cos

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
Six financial services firms have signed on to technology firm Saropa's services since its platform launch a month ago. Surveyor Financial Services, Future Wealth Planners, Smyth Financial Services, Australian Finance Planners, Moneycat Consulting and ...

Statewide confirms Bravura deal

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
The $2.1 billion Statewide super fund has entered a formal agreement with Bravura to implement its Sonata Pensions and Investment software. Statewide has commenced the implementation of the pensions and investments software, but the development and ...