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UK's Cambridge wins Aust mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... currency as an asset class, Australia has deep attractions for the future growth of our firm," he said. But the buck doesn't stop there, with the Cambridge Strategy confirming it is looking to set up shop in Australia soon.

A cyber home for advisers: MLC

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
MLC is looking to make its website a one-stop shop for advisers looking to do business online. Steve Barnes, head of online services and advice platform at MLC, said that adviser feedback of the new look MLC website unveiled in May has so far been positive. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
The Australian share market was close to one per cent higher at noon after shaky financial stocks changed direction to add to strong gains in the resources sector. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 had gained 42.9 points, or 0.88 per cent to 4,918.1 ...

SimCorp adds LexiFi modelling

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... traded and OTC products. The addition of the new module onto the SimCorp Dimension system means its uses its core database and stop the need to re-key information between other internal systems. All specialised products and exotic instruments can be ...

Same old same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... RBA rate cut remained despite yesterday's positive news on domestic inflation and consumer sentiment. But this also did not stop the sell-off in the local sharemarket and investors seeking safety in bonds. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' Labour ...

Comm Bank halts ABN AMRO talks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
The Commonwealth Bank stopped negotiating with the Royal Bank of Scotland to purchase ABN AMRO Australian Holdings, citing uncertainty in financial markets. In a statement, the Commonwealth Bank said it decided to end negotiations with the Royal Bank ...

Remarried war vet widows get pension

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
Widows and widowers of war veterans who might have had their pensions stopped after they remarried are now able to access their funds again under new government rules. According to the $3 billion Military Super, the Superannuation Act 1922, the Defence ...

Planners must alter proposition: Murray

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... US mutual fund investor only returned 3.9 per cent over the same period. "Suppose the only thing [an adviser] had to do is stop the classic investor from the classically hard wired bad behaviour that drove this return down from an effortlessly available ...

Calliva suspends new loans to SMSFs

THE SHEET  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
Specialist lender Calliva Group has been forced to suspend new applications for its superannuation fund loan product, SuperAccess, after being told by its funder RBS that its facility would not be renewed. Calliva chief executive Vince Scully said RBS ...

Market Jitters Redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... and other financial institutions will continue going forward, at least until the US housing crisis is over and home prices stop falling. And recent indicators in the US housing market show that this might take just a little bit longer. US Federal Reserve ...