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Negline joins Rainmaker

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
Tony Negline has joined the Rainmaker Group, publisher of Financial Standard, as Technical Services Editor, heading the company's technical services library and CPD services for financial planners. In the newly created role, he will be the Editor of ...

The nub of being a hub

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
Local fund managers have the right skills and resources to make Australia the financial services hub in Asia and beyond but taking on that mantle doesn't necessarily mean the money has to be managed at home. Speaking at the IFSA conference yesterday ...

The house that Sherry built

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
The man who chaired the passage of the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) Bill 20 years ago is back in the limelight, this time with ambitious plans to dismantle the country's jerry-built superannuation system and replace it with a cheaper and more member-friendly ...

ING A rejects munitions claims

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
... positions around investing in defence and munitions companies after queries were expressed in a newspaper letter to the editor. According to a spokesperson at ING Australia, the firm enforced a strict investment procedure regarding munitions in its funds ...

Scrap $5bn super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
Warren Chant of Chant West said super funds with $5 billion or less "should not be in existence", but others are calling his claims over the top. Heated debates on the role of fund ratings firms at yesterday's CMSF conference saw Chant ply the notion ...

Investors look east, Australia falls behind

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
Hong Kong has topped the list once more as the world's most liberal economy, boasting one of the best markets in the world for investors looking to capitalise on a free economy, suggests an annual report by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street ...

Aussie IT joins FinTech 100

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... for over 18 million pension and insurance investment accounts. In an interview with Financial Insights, David Longobardi, editor in chief at American Banker, said "Many financial institutions today look to technology vendors as an extension of their ...

RBC Dexia wins $5.6bn custody mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
RBC Dexia Investor Services has won a $5.6 billion (CA$5 billion) custody mandate from fund manager and Insurance Alliance subsidiary IA Clarington Investments. RBC Dexia Investor Services has had a stellar week, winning the custody mandate from fund ...

Bear bargains and ambulance chasers

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
... Bloomberg quoted chief financial officer, Samuel Molinaro as saying "the worst is definitely behind us." Money Magazine editor, Michael Sivy believes the best bargains are in financial stocks, which have fallen an average of 12 per cent from their May ...

Get financial advice on the web

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
... dates and thresholds in books or large government websites can take a significant amount of time," Chris Browne, RatesMate editor, said. "Many professionals are also forced to manually update their books and references to keep them current, as this 'down-time' ...