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Africa's investment renaissance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... Nigeria for example have more money than they know what to do with," he said. The numbers speak for themselves. Investec's African listed equities fund posted a high 63.3 per cent in returns since its inception in 2005, against a benchmark of 9.2 per ...

Northern Trust expands reporting tools

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... and displays the status of the entire class action court settlement for its European, Asia Pacific, Middle Eastern and African clients governance reporting requirements. In addition, Northern Trust has created a suite of new reports to collate information ...

Aus planners lead the world in business practice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... possible. By contrast, 72 per cent of New Zealand planning practices achieved a fit rating, however, only 34 per cent of South African practices and nine per cent US practices attained the same rating. "Generally speaking when we looked at data sets ...

Investec arrives in Aus

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
... South Africa in 1991 and was a founding member and director of Investec. In South Africa, Samuelson also headed the South African institutional business development before moving to London in 2000 to help develop Investec's UK institutional business. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
... Composite Index was down 24.29 points, or 0.92 per cent, at 2,605.95. BHP Billiton hopes to sell its flagship Optimum South African coal mine by the end of June 2008, behind its own target to dispose of it by the end of the second quarter of this year. ...

IRESS snaps up Spotlight

... felt in South Africa with the acquisition of planning software provider Spotlight Interactive for $6.4 million. The South African software business boasts annual revenue of over A$4 million and around 16,000 contracted end users, roughly equivalent to ...

ML Private Clients group partners with US community bank

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
... Merrill Lynch will develop and deliver customised phone-based and online supported financial programs to Carver's primarily African- and Caribbean-American clients. The move marks a step-up in partnerships between advice-based wealth management groups ...

MLC adds to implemented consulting team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2006
... where he headed up the corporate consulting team. Klug has also spent time with Anglo American Corporation and the South African Government. Klug is tasked with business development focusing on strategic asset consulting to MLC's wholesale clients.

Investec measures value of advice

... takes a little bit of effort but it pays off in the end," said Lipman. Investec Australia is owned by UK-listed South African financial services giant Investec. The group's local private advisory arm specialises in providing financial advice for high ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
... there is expected to be significant opposition from the larger European economies who have much of the voting power. Small African countries fear that their already limited influence will be further reduced as a consequence of the proposed changes.

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ASIC cancels AFSL of Australian Fiduciaries

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of Queensland-based Australian Fiduciaries, which is currently in liquidation.

Treasury expects regulators to do the heavy lifting

MATTHEW WAI
Treasury has released new Statements of Expectations for APRA and ASIC, with an emphasis on how the regulators should promote a more sustainable and secured financial ecosystem.

NGS Super names head of strategy

MATTHEW WAI
NGS Super has appointed a former ASFA committe member as head of strategy, as the fund aims to strengthen its retirement offering.

SS&C axes jobs, shifts roles offshore

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
US software services giant SS&C Technologies has slashed 170 Australian roles in the operations, technology and delivery teams.

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