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Text ANZ for your account balance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
ANZ has seized the crown of being the first bank in Australia to offer customers a text-based mobile phone banking service. ANZ will be the first of the big four lending institutions to offer text-based banking facilities through its TXT Banking system. ...

Saving for the kids' textbooks

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
Investment bonds are making a comeback as the vehicle of choice to boost children's school savings. According to statistics from research house Plan for Life, the investment bond market segment is continuing to grow with more than $8 billion in funds ...

Boot camp for ING sales staff

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
ING Australia has launched a new training program to identify, train, and develop aspiring sales staff in an effort to grow the company's product awareness among consumers. The Business Development Associate (BDA) program will be implemented across ...

Vietnamese fund draws global attention

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
Emerging markets continue their reign as hotspots for investors as a newly listed Vietnamese investment fund draws international support following the launch of its equity portfolio holdings on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange. Viet Han Corporation ...

Valad ups stake in UK property

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
Property fund manager, Valad Property Group, has launched a new wholesale property fund targeting the UK property market. Valad announced last week the close of its first capital raising for the company's $1.1 billion Opportunity Fund targeting multi-sector ...

Largest US pension fund SIO resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
Christianna Wood, senior investment officer, global equity of US pension fund giant CalPERS, has jumped ship to take up the position of chief executive of hedge fund sponsor, Capital Z Asset Management. Wood will leave CalPERS in mid-February, and Eric ...

Perpetual upgrades unit registry systems

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
Perpetual is the first client to implement consulting firm Bravura's wrap application and use Sonata Business Services - an end-to-end business solution delivering enterprise workflow management and document imaging across the fund manager's back office. ...

AMF seals deal with Client Wealth

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
AllMyFunds (AMF) has sealed a strategic alliance with financial adviser group Client Wealth in a partnership that that will see both firms leverage off each other's assets. Queensland-based AMF will utilise Client Wealth's financial services license ...

Water fund washes onto BT wraps

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
Liontamer's KBC Global Water Fund has been added to the BT wrap, heralding the next step of the fund's Australian footprint in the water-investment sector. Liontamer head of distribution, Simon Padley, advised that the fund has been accepted on both ...

English FX specialist turns local

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
Uk-based foreign exchange and payments specialist, Caxton FX, has made the leap into the Australian forex market - throwing a fresh challenge to banking institutions that have traditionally been the dominant players in the forex sector. The company ...