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New tech changes on MLC cards

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
MLC is raising the technology stakes in May as it prepares to unveil a new website sporting upgraded links with its financial planning software. Anthony Waldron, general manager of MLC platforms said there will be a greater degree of integration between ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
The Australian share market had gone backwards by midday after a slump on Wall Street on Friday sent a chill across the local bourse and financial stocks in particular. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 105.3 points, or 1.94 per cent ...

Currency replaces fixed income

Currency investing could be the next big thing as more investors use foreign exchange managed funds as an alternative to fixed income funds. Morgan Stanley's London-based currency expert Alex Davey was in Australia this month to talk about the group's ...

LIFT Capital collapses

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
Margin lender LIFT Capital follows the collapse of Opes Prime and has called in McGrathNicol as voluntary administrators yesterday. McGrathNicol administrators, Tony McGrath and Joseph Hayes, are investigating the firm. They have not provided the reasons ...

Managed accounts expands asset mix

Managed accounts are no longer limited to providing a platform for domestic and international equities. MA providers will soon include term deposits, fixed interest products, structured products and agribusiness. Speaking at the Financial Standard forum ...

Raising stakes in charity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
Chris Cuffe, the former chief executive of Colonial First State, has called on the top guns in the market to provide their time and resources for free in a new fund that diverts a proportion of profits to charity. Cuffe, who will receive no fees nor ...

WHK on buying spree

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
Listed financial services firm WHK Group has snapped up an additional five companies in its latest attempt to expand its operations across Australia. Earlier this week, WHK confirmed it had purchase three accounting firms and two finance broking businesses ...

IAG restructures and jumps on web

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
Insurance group IAG is to merge its CGU and Business Partnerships businesses, revamp its direct insurance arm and will soon launch a separate online outfit. IAG is merging its commercial underwriting unit CGU and Business Partnerships division to create ...

CFA takes ethics inhouse

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
The CFA Society of Sydney has launched its Ethics and Financial Integrity workshop this week and intends to offer the program internally for finance companies in the coming months. "This is the first in a series of what we'd like to roll out on a more ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
The Australian share market has received positive but indifferent leads from Wall Street leading into opening this morning, although the high-tech Nasdaq index was up more than one per cent. In London, base metals were down. There was little clue from ...