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LMW Invest secures property veterans

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
Listed property valuation firm LandMark White is setting up a new investment management arm that boasts industry heavyweights Linden Toll, president of ADPIA, and ex-Investa fund manager Michael Este at its helm. LandMark White has traditionally been ...

FBI sting catches $2.4bn mortgage fraud

... has a flow-on effect on all lenders, borrowers and the end consumers. Admittedly, Australia is unlikely to witness a landmark case similar to 'Operation Malicious Mortgage' because unlike the US, sub-prime loans in Australia make up an estimated one ...

Aust and NZ to mutually recognise capital raisings

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
... sign documents relating to the mutual recognition tomorrow in Wellington. A statement released by the Dalziel said, "the landmark agreement will make it easier and cheaper for businesses on both sides of the Tasman to raise capital and for the public ...

Australia gets Chinese QDII status

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
... grew by approximately $352.2 billion last year and is on-track to reach $761.4 billion at the end of 2008. "This is a landmark announcement for the Australian financial services industry. Australian fund managers are now ideally placed to partner with ...

CBA still seeding Colonial funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
Seed funding for a couple of landmark infrastructure investments by Colonial remains on the balance sheet of Commonwealth Bank, in one case more than 15 months after the bank tipped in the capital. In an investor briefing on the bank's wealth management ...

MLC to brandish ISO 9001 logo

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
... Accreditation Programs. Duncan Lilley, head of assurance services at SAI Global, said, "Financial Planning 9000 is a landmark development for the financial planning industry in Australia which stands to better align the management practices of financial ...

Mainland China and HK unite for mutual funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
... management industry" forum to discuss the future of the industry and China's emerging role in the global economy. "This landmark event provides a forum for industry participants from the mainland and Hong Kong to exchange views, to establish dialogue ...

BlackRock scoops record $1.1bn quant mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... very largest separately managed after-tax mandates in the Australian market, and I think that will be something of a landmark for certain investment moves in this direction." BlackRock managing director and joint chief investment officer, Maurice O'Shannassy ...

Service not fees drive consumers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
Financial services operators talk obsessively about fees but what really upsets consumers is poor service. A landmark study, by the communications technology and consulting group Fujitsu, has revealed 80 per cent of banking customers take the way they ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
... blue chips slipped after four straight days of sharp rises, but posted their best weekly gain since Oct 1998 thanks to a landmark move by China to allow residents to invest directly in Hong Kong stocks. The Hang Seng Index closed down 45.08 points on ...