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MFS on expansion trail

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
US-based fund manager MFS has increased its market share in global equities funds management by 44 per cent in 12 months - underpinning a worldwide expansion strategy that includes bigger operations in Australia. Visiting Australia last month, MFS chief ...

HSBC takes over local distribution

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
... HSBC in Australia, said Challenger was appointed as the firm's local distributor in 2005, but that agreement ended when the bank returned to the Australian market. This means HSBC is the sole distributor in Australia of HSBC Global Asset Management Asia ...

US finance firms announce emission cuts

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
US-based banks and fund managers have outlined plans to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, including Wells Fargo, which this month announced plans to cut its emissions by 20 per cent in less than 10 years. As part of the US Environmental Protection ...

Plum wins NAB Super mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
... Superannuation Fund subcontracted its administration services to Plum. According to a fund statement, National Australia Bank had elected to subcontract the administration services of the corporate fund to Plum as part of its "convergence" philosophy. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
... Exchange, the December share price index contract was 25 points higher at 4,568. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) holds its monthly board meeting. Its decision on interest rates is due to be announced at 1430 AEDT. On ...

Macquarie Private Bank hires NAB specialists

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
Macquarie Private Bank has scooped up a team of family office specialists, led by Moustafa Fahour, who previously worked with National Australia Bank. Fahour has been appointed head of Macquarie Private Bank, Australia and New Zealand, key families ...

NAB launches new mortgage division

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
National Australia Bank (NAB) has completed the acquisition of Challenger's mortgage management business and launched a new business division within NAB Personal Banking. The division - NAB Partnerships - includes the new division, Advantedge and existing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) house price index data for the September quarter also are due. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases its index of commodity prices for September. In company news, department store Myer Holdings Ltd ...

Pengana launches on dbSelect

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
Pengana Capital is looking to launch its Volatility Master Program on Deutsche Bank's dbSelect platform. Russell Pillemer, chief executive at Pengana Capital, said the Deutsche Bank platform provides investors in the fund with a counterparty that has ...

S&G settles claims for CBA Storm clients

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
Slater & Gordon has settled claims against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia on behalf of more than 50 clients who borrowed from the bank to invest in schemes promoted by the failed Storm Financial. In a legal first the claims were settled using the ...