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Suncorp selects Symantec

Suncorp turns to one of the global giants in IT security systems, Symantec, to help improve the group's security infrastructure, simplify data center management systems and reduce storage costs. Paul Cameron, executive general manager, BT Infrastructure ...

Research and rating firms welcome Govt review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
Research houses have welcomed a review by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and Treasury into the role they, along with credit rating agencies (CRAs), played in the recent financial market turmoil and subsequent corporate collapses. ...

AMP roadmap to growth

AMP's newly-appointed chief executive Craig Dunn has outlined the group's five-pronged growth plan ahead of the predicted doubling of the superannuation industry's size within the next 10 years. Speaking at the group's Annual General Meeting (AGM) today ...

Ex-UBS director joins Integrity

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
Integrity Investment Management has appointed ex-UBS Global Asset Management associate director Craig Shaw as head of retail. Shaw will be responsible for client relationship management and business development at Integrity. He joined Integrity Investment ...

AustSafe launches Super Personal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
AustSafe Super has launched its self employed and small business super product, AustSafe Super Personal, to strengthen its position in rural and regional areas. The fund provides the same investment strategies, fees structure, insurance cover and access ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
The Australian stock market was higher at noon tracking a strong rally on Wall Street and led by the financial sector. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 95.3 points, or 1.71 per cent, to 5681.2, and the broader All Ordinaries had added ...

AMP Fin Services Q1 cashflow drops $624m

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
AMP Financial Services suffered a blow to its bottom line with total net cashflows of $129 million this quarter, compared with $753 million same time last year, due to lower discretionary super contributions and the 'first quarter' season lull. Excluding ...

Soft commodity a hard buy

The demand for commodity-based infrastructure assets has outpaced the available supply, making it difficult for agricultural-based and commodity-based funds to find enough assets. Craig Swanger, Macquarie Group head of alternative investments said Macquarie ...

Portfolio Partners appoints BD head

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
Sylvia Falzon has been appointed head of business development at Portfolio Partners. Falzon's appointment follows Aviva's announcement last month that it was merging ten of its global asset managers under one banner, Aviva Investors. As head of business ...

AMP launches SMA platform

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
AMP has launched a separately managed account (SMA) platform, developed specifically for Hillross Financial Services clients, in a bid to better manage the direct equities portion of their clients' portfolios. The new Personalised Portfolio service ...