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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 ...

Aberdeen capitalises on expanded talent pool

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
... look at introducing, "Global bonds, global solutions addressing Australian bond positions." However, nothing was set in stone as the businesses would not officially become integrated with the company until 1 July with the Australian equities product ...

Stone age funds up for reforms

The Federal Government is looking into legacy products in the managed funds industry as the next area for reforms in an effort to drive more cost savings in the $221 billion sector. Speaking at the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) ...

For women, by women

... female-friendly financial specialist started a series of monthly seminars on finance for women to be held at the Menzies Hotel, also a stone's throw away from their new base. Michelle Baltazar

Small cap returns abound for the skilled: Pengana

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
Outperformance in the small cap sector is driven by stock picking skills, and if a manager can do that well they can continue to harvest strong returns, according to Pengana Capital. Ed Prendergast, portfolio manager, small caps, said the small cap ...

PIS expands footprint into Canada

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2006
... GFC operation, which currently has 107 planners and operates in five Canadian provinces, possibly using GFC as a stepping stone into the US market. The Canadian acquisition is another step in the international expansion plan. PIS already operates more ...

STA/ARF mega fund to expand menu and beef up insurance

... they won't be as creative as PriceWaterHouseCoopers which named its consulting arm 'Monday'. "Given that Monday sunk like a stone it won't be anything like that," he said. But the main industry interest is not so much on the new name but who the fund's ...

Paraplanners gain ground

... paraplanners, as a career in its own right. "It is encouraging that paraplanning is no longer seen as simply a stepping stone but is recognised as a career in its own right." She added, "Indeed, the high calibre of entrants in the Awards is a strong ...

AMP looks to increase consumer financial literacy

... Greg Kirk explains, "Basically it covers the things that consumers told us they wanted to understand. While it's a stepping-stone, it's not a university program and consumers are not going to come out with a degree at the completion of the CD, but we ...

Lion Nathan sells portfolio of hotels, takes writedown on value

Beverage group Lion Nathan said today it has signed an agreement to sell its portfolio of 41 non gaming hotels in Melbourne, Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong. The price for the sale to a consortium led by Michael Thiele and Adam Clark is confidential ...