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HSBC names new head in personal fin services

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... appointed Graham Heunis as head of personal financial services in Australia. Heunis will be responsible for HSBC's retail bank as well as its consumer finance and cards operations in Australia. He was previously responsible for HSBC's retail bank. Heunis ...

Northern Trust expands reporting tools

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
From currency risk and credit exposure reporting to 'extreme market events' testing, Northern Trust leaves no stone unturned in its new suite of governance reporting tools. The overseas custodian, better known locally as the custodian for the $60-billion ...

Nicholas Applegate ramps up global strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
US-based investment firm Nicholas-Applegate is banking on its global select, global equity and emerging markets strategies to lure business from Australian clients. The diversified global investment company has confirmed that it is going to focus on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... down 94.3 points at 6,087.3, for a weekly loss of 217 points. The UK stock market will be closed on Monday for the Spring Bank Holiday. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 6,944.05 points, down 126.28 or 1.79 per cent, dropping 212.5 points during the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... points at 5,790 on a volume of 12,855 contracts. Shares in timber company Gunns fell sharply following reports that the ANZ bank would pull out of funding Gunns' controversial $2 billion pulp mill project in Tasmania. Gunns was 14 cents, or 4.36 per ...

van Eyk reviews equity income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
Research house van Eyk has reviewed the Australian equity income sector for the first time following growing retiree interest in the strategy. The research firm stated equity income managers should seek to deliver, at a minimum, two per cent above the ...

Macquarie launches defensive options

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... adviser, should they require the funds for other investments," he said. In addition to this, the Group has made its Macquarie Bank Term Deposit available on Macquarie Wrap, following ongoing requests from financial advisers using the platform.

CommSec extends its reach

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
Commonwealth Bank executive general manager for private client services, Edward Tait, describes the bank's online brokerage CommSec as a financial services supermarket. At an analysts' briefing yesterday Tait outlined plans to stock the supermarket ...

Falkiner heads to Double Bay

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
... platforms. She brings over 15 years experience to Falkiner, and had previously worked at Fidelity Asia Services, Macquarie Bank, ipac, Challenger and BT Funds Management. Falkiner also recruited Peter Chen as fund accountant, who will provide day to ...

Options Strategy branches out to Spark Green

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
Melbourne-based marketing firm Options Strategy has developed Spark Green, which provides effective digital and online marketing services for financial services institutions and super funds. Spark Green specialises in research, developing and executing ...