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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 ...

CFS ploughs $280m in Myer property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
Colonial First State Retail Property Trust purchased, as part of a consortium, Melbourne's landmark Myer department store building for $605 million. The consortium comprises CFS, GIC Real Estate and The Myer Family Company. CFS will initially outlay ...

ATO approves ING monthly life payouts

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
The ATO has handed down a landmark ruling stating that ING's OneCare customers who have life, TPD and trauma benefits paid as monthly installments can avoid having them assessed as income. Mark Vilo, ING's head of marketing & retail products, life risk ...

Quadrant leads super funds investors to buy Red Rooster

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2007
... niche retail brands illustrates how, despite the intense media interest in mega private equity deals seeking to acquire landmark assets like Qantas or Coles, most private equity activity in Australia really operates at a much more discrete level. Nonetheless ...

ASIC and Citigroup lock horns on insider trading

... Commission (ASIC) has filed civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court against Citigroup Global Markets Australia in a landmark case on alleged insider trading activities. Back in August 2005, Citigroup acted as an adviser to Toll Holdings Limited ...

Investment reporting methods must be equitable: JPM WSS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007
... approach is, rather than just whether they should adopt unit pricing or stay with crediting rates. In a soon to be published landmark paper, Anthony Bathurst, head of unit pricing at JPMorgan Worldwide Securities Services, said, "It is important to note ...