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BNPPSS zooms in on Asian opportunities

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2006
BNP Paribas Securities Services (BNPPSS) is looking to expand its operations into Asia and has started the ball rolling, appointing a new French managing director and expanding his job title to include responsibility for the Asia region. Filling in ...

Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards 2006

More than 180 delegates attended last night's 2006 Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards which recognised the outstanding achievements in marketing, sales and business development by an individual, a group of individuals or organisation in Australia's ...

Platforms: here today, gone tomorrow

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2006
New asset consulting frontier Kate Hage 315 Asset consulting has changed so much so that through the sheer volume of new managers, it has become a process of elimination and negative screens, according to key industry delegates. Speaking at yesterday's ...

MERs out of date and disclosure still an ordeal: Westbrook

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2006
In recounting the significant superannuation changes over his 30 years in the industry, chief executive officer of FuturePlus, Brett Westbrook, said that MERs would become a thing of the past but disclosure was still haunting us. Westbrook was recounting ...

Small personal loans for low income earners: ANZ

ANZ has teamed up with non-profit religious group The Brotherhood of St Lawrence to help low-income earners gain access to small personal loans. The two have launched Progress Loans, which allows for loans of between $500 and $3,000 with loan terms ...

Walter Scott Global Equity still recommended: Zenith

It's been barely a month since the sale of Edinburgh based boutique manager Walter Scott Partners (WSP) to US-based investment titan Mellon Financial for an undisclosed sum, but ratings firm Zenith has retained its recommended rating on the locally ...

INVESCO global funds back to four stars

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2006
INVESCO has had the ratings on its Global Matrix Funds reinstated to four stars by Navigator Research, after the funds were placed on hold due to staff departures. Navigator said it originally placed the funds on hold due to two of the three member ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2006
As expected, Australia's trade deficit narrowed to $1.1 billion in April, a 27.6 per cent improvement from the revised March shortfall of $1.5 billion and better than market expectations for a deficit of $1.4 billion. Exports, or what the ABS term as ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open sharply lower as weakness in global equity markets paints a bleak picture for the domestic bourse. While precious metal and oil prices both made slight gains overnight, weaker equity markets - with European ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2006
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that retail sales rose by a larger-than-expected 1.4 per cent in April, giving credence to the RBA's May decision to lift interest rates. The April rise in retail spending is nearly five times market ...