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Malaysia pioneers Islamic Finance framework

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
Malaysia is stepping up its push to become a world centre of Islamic finance with the release of a Shari'ah Governance Framework for Islamic Financial institutions that will apply to Islamic organisations from June this year. Development of the framework ...

Infocus to grow NSW base

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... nationally while focusing on its existing planners through its second phase workshop program. As part of this nationwide expansion plan, the $3.2 billion dealer group intends to expand its 75 advisory groups nationwide business further in NSW, with a ...

Towers Watson builds investment team

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... Investment Research. Chris Schodde has joined the team as a graduate investment analyst. "This expansion is in line with our plan to achieve a measured pace of growth for our Investment business in Australia, while continuing to give our clients access ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... year. Obama's budget includes a five-year freeze on many domestic spending programs. The White House contends the budget plan for the fiscal year beginning Oct 1 puts the government on course to cut deficits by about $US1.1 trillion ($A1.1 trillion) ...

Bennelong suspends SGI Global Equities fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... SGI Equities Hedged Fund were suspended on February 10 for a period of up to 21 days while Bennelong draws up a transition plan for investors. "We're a bit disappointed to be in the situation we are in but it will all become clearer in a couple of weeks," ...

Self-directed investors challenge industry giants

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
Wealth managers already struggling to defend their business models against intra-fund advice and MySuper reforms are set to be confronted by even bigger challenges - this time from a new breed of product providers built solely to cater for self-directed ...

Bendigo wealth mgmt posts $23m profit

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
Bendigo & Adelaide's wealth management division accounted for 14 per cent of the bank's total profit after tax of $173.9 million in the half year to December, according to results released this morning. During the half year, the group's wealth arm contributed ...

Premium China expands fixed interest portfolio

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
Fund manager Premium China will spend more time this year providing adviser and researcher education on Asian markets as it prepares to launch its fourth fund in fixed interest. Jonathan Wu, head of distribution and operations at the firm, said that ...

BT Financial expands into insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
BT Financial Group hopes to replicate its success in the superannuation market when it launched BT Super of Life with the launch of a range of insurance products under its new brand, BT Insurance. "This is a logical next step in BT's innovation agenda... ...

HUB24 managed account gets thumbs up

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... CEO of Investorfirst and co-founder of HUB24. Investorfirst acquired HUB24 for $20 million in October 2010, as part of its plan to become an integrated financial services house. In December HUB24 signed five dealer groups, representing $650 million in ...