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Sunsuper buys more alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
The sub-prime led crisis is allowing institutions to take advantage of a lack of competition and acquire alternative assets on the cheap, according to Tony Lally, chief executive at Sunsuper. "What we've found is because of the sub-prime, there's greater ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
... Dick Pratt is expected to appear in the Federal court in Melbourne in the case between the company and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) over price fixing. City Pacific Ltd holds its annual general meeting in Brisbane. The Australian ...

IWL's trading platform in your pocket

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
... added each month to Telstra's network alone, the area was a growing market. He did acknowledge Sanford would face competition in the future, as other established web share trading platforms caught up, but claimed the company led the market in download ...

Singapore's wealthy to defy global downturn

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
... per cent since 2002. "Singapore is already occupied by a majority of the world's leading financial institutions and competition amongst wealth managers will intensify as the local wealth market expands," said David Lalich, Datamonitor financial services ...

Green paper bags top IFSA/Deloitte award

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
... and retirement streams, life insurance and climate change. O'Shaughnessy, deputy chief executive of IFSA, said the competition allowed participants to build their careers by having their talents recognised by industry leaders. He said the program required ...

Here, kitty kitty

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
... pressures affect the USA and other major economies." Meanwhile in an ABC News report, in an Alice Springs bush food competition, feral cats are highly rated on the menu along with wild camel. You may never have seen the once popular bumper stickers that ...

MIR scoops top fund award

MIR Investment Management fended off tough competition from AXA, BT, K2 Asset and Pengana to win this year's 'Fund Manager of the Year' award from S&P. MIR was one of 11 sector award winners at the fourth S&P Fund Awards held last night at the Doltone ...

AXA takes care of business

... designed to help its 900-strong financial adviser network run their businesses more efficiently and outstrip their competition. It seems obvious but AXA national manager financial advice network Paul Robertson said that advisers spend much of their day-to-day ...

SA posts record planner growth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
... the recently announced expansion plans by BankWest, AMP and the Commonwealth Bank in Sydney have added to the tough competition for different financial institutions seeking to recruit from a limited pool of talent.

Platforms divided on shelf space fees

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
... what's on the approved list," he said. Chang said contrary to the report, in Macquarie's case, a minimal fee promoted competition, as "if we couldn't cover those costs, we'd be a lot more careful about putting funds on because every fund involves operational ...