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Smaller banks seeking platform independence

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... as they develop technology to meet consumer demand for better investment solutions. In November 2010 Bendigo and Adelaide Bank acquired a 24 per cent stake in Linear Asset Management, allowing it to deploy its own wealth management platform. "If a platform ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... 24, the June share price index futures contract was 10 points higher at 4,919, with 15,000 contracts traded. The Reserve Bank of Australia announces its decision on the overnight cash rate at 1430 AEST, with all 13 economists surveyed by AAP expecting ...

North opens Bluedoor to bright future

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
Thousands of financial advisers will have access to direct equity trading through the North platform after upgrades to its Bluedoor software engine go live on Monday. The new Bluedoor upgrade was described by its developers yesterday as doing for the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... 24, the June share price index futures contract was nine points higher at 4,918. In economics news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) holds its April board meeting to consider, inter alia, its position on official interest rates. Its decision ...

Investors gearing up again

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... on the lookout for new "stress-free" ways to introduce gearing to investor portfolios, according to Westpac Institutional Bank. The bank is developing a number of new investment strategies to suit the needs of self managed super funds (SMSFs) and individual ...

Banks loss is super fund gain: IFM

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
Top returns in infrastructure debt are driving superannuation growth opportunities as banks withdraw funding to the sector, an industry leader has said. Brett Himbury, chief executive of Industry Fund Management (IFM), said superannuation funds were ...

Hunter Hall defiant on Japan

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
Boutique fund manager Hunter Hall increases Japan exposure while maintaining its focus on handpicked assets in China and less fancied ASEAN markets. Hunter Hall Chief Executive officer David Buckland said that the fund's Asian Value Trust, launched ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... earlier rising on a weaker yen. The Topix index slipped 6.76 points, or 0.78 per cent, to 862.62 points. Reaction to the Bank of Japan's tankan survey of business sentiment released before the market opened was limited, with attention instead on Monday's ...

Ex-Macq fund manager gets jail for insider trading

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
The NSW Supreme Court has sentenced a former Macquarie Bank fund manager to two-and-a-half years jail for insider trading. Oswyn Indra de Silva, 37, must serve at least 18 months for 12 illegal transactions he made while employed by Macquarie, ASIC ...

HSBC targets super funds with China access

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
Global banking powerhouse HSBC ramps up its local presence with the launch of Asia-centric products and a senior appointment. The main products it will be pushing are Asian equities, Asian Fixed interest and China A shares, "a highly differentiating ...