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Bravura begins UK growth push

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2006
Bravura Solutions is progressing with its UK expansion plans, announcing it has been selected by UK based Nucleus Financial Group as a technology provider for a new wrap platform. Nucleus is a financial services partnership between seven UK Independent ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2006
... effect. Both rates were last raised in January by a quarter percentage point. The central banks of South Korea and South Africa also lifted interest rates to 4.25 per cent and 7.5 per cent yesterday. More important, he European Central Bank raised its ...

Bravura set to fire with ASX listing

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2006
... markets. The group provides software solutions to major financial institutions in the UK, New Zealand, Thailand, South Africa and Scandinavia and late last year announced it had expanded its Asian operations with new offices in Hong Kong and Bangalore ...

Investec Australia buys NM Rothschild

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2006
... heads of agreement to acquire NM Rothschild & Sons (Australia). A statement issued by Investec group head office in South Africa said the transaction represents a value of "less than 5 per cent of the Investec group's combined market capitalization" ...

TOWER to tower after PrefSure merger

Insurance giant TOWER Australia kicks off its merger with PrefSure by re-jigging management, releasing a new product range and, in an ambitious move, rolling out more than 30 changes to its combined insurance suite. TOWER bought PrefSure Holdings early ...

PrefSure deal sees Tower focus on master trusts

TOWER have bought out PrefSure Holdings and Life Limited (PrefSure) from South African group, Liberty, for $145 million as they push their strategic growth towards life insurance for master trusts. TOWER managing director, Jim Minto, said that the key ...

Australian to fill European State Street role

... Corporation (State Street) has appointed an Australian head of investor services to oversee the UK, Middle East and South Africa. Peter Baker, former managing director of State Street Australia and more recently managing director of investor services ...

Bravura gets bigger

... its products overseas where they are popular among major financial institutions in the UK, New Zealand, Thailand, South Africa and Scandinavia. Last month, the group also announced it has expanded its Asian operations with new offices in Hong Kong and ...

CSS fraudsters appear in court

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2005
Four men accused of conspiring to launder $150 million defrauded from a super fund for federal public servants have been granted bail in a Sydney court. It is alleged the funds were illegally transferred from the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme on ...

Investec appoints new chief executive

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2004
... additional expertise to Investec, a wholly owned member of the Investec Group, which operates in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia. \"We are delighted that Brian has agreed to join us. His skills and experience will be very valuable to us ...