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Custodians under review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... view Australia as a very desirable market to be operating in but the local operators recognise they need to continue to innovate," said Gray. In response, local players are spending big on their operations. For example, O'Sullivan said State Street had ...

Bonus hocus pocus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
... For as long as humans remain humans - intelligent geniuses that we all are - we would always find a way to invent and innovate to be able to beat the system and satisfy our greed.' Barely a day has passed when, Saturday morning, Bloomberg splashed out ...

Regulate...then regulate some more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... For as long as humans remain humans - intelligent geniuses that we all are - we would always find a way to invent and innovate to be able to beat the system and satisfy our greed. The Masters of the Universe will again prevail, this time peddling a new ...

Friendster to fundster

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... FirstDirect, Kimber stressed that it's still the people, not the technology, that can transform a company. "It's people that innovate and technology that facilitates," he said.

Pension alternatives investments top $860bn

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
... head of investment consulting. "Changing pension fund needs and globalisation are forcing many asset management firms to innovate and refocus; large firms, with more alternatives products, are proving to be more successful in this rapidly changing landscape." ...

Global competition drives local investor services

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
Australia's dynamic investment market is forcing investor services groups to innovate quickly to meet rising expectations from clients who are now used to buying services globally, said Laurence Bailey, chief executive of JPMorgan Worldwide Securities ...

Netwealth wins Investment Trends innovation award

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
... exponential growth and deliver critical administrative solutions directly to our clients," said Heine. "We will continue to innovate and many new features will be rolled out over the coming months." Heine said the $1 billion netwealth is able to keep ...

Putnam banks on fixed income

... have legacy issues and are not restricted by marketing an established set of standard funds, there's a real chance to innovate with clients." Putnam manages more than $180 billion of assets on behalf of its clients including more than 200 institutional ...

CommInsure joins life insurance innovators

CommInsure is another insurer that has responded to market pressure to innovate with its launch of a hybrid insurance annuity product that blends traditional annuities with market linking. CommInsure Managing Director, Simon Swanson, describes the product ...

Ex-Challenger executives launch in retail space

... Services Licence to operate retail managed investment schemes under their own Responsible Entity. "Our philosophy is to innovate, package and distribute well researched innovative investment ideas to the retail market with a minimum investment of $5,000" ...