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Central Banks hold fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... record. Likewise, the ECB did not alter its 4.25 percent repo rate. At a press conference following the decision, ECB President Trichet noted the slowing growth in the Eurozone and noted that the second and third quarters of this year will be 'particularly ...

AXA APH appoints Asia Life CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... Corporation Asia across the life businesses in Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and the Philippines. Bishop was also president and chief executive of Prudential Corporation Asia's life business in Korea and head of alternate distribution before ...

Who's next to confess?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... financial sector. European equity markets were also dragged lower. Worries were re-ignited following Minneapolis Fed President Gary Stern's comments that the credit crunch will last for several more months and conditions could deteriorate further. In ...

Customer service goes high tech

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... super funds will be able to install the program on top of a non-Vignette or competitive repository system. Mike Aviles, president and chief executive of Vignette said Case Manager adds a multi-channel dimension to Vignette's existing web experience platform ...

All Eyes on the CPI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... refining facilities. Gold prices fell by 1.7 percent to US$947.40 an ounce. Meanwhile, comments from Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser unsettled the bond markets and sent the US dollar higher. Plosser said US inflation is 'too high' and inconsistent ...

Social banking on the rise

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... consumer trends and social causes that appeal to consumers to ethically," said Alistair Newton, Gartner research vice president. "More consumers are generally spending more time in social networks which increasingly form part of consumer purchase processes ...

Fundies use proxy voting

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... majority of funds vote in a way that they believe will maximize the fund's financial returns," said Paul Schott, ICI president. "This is in keeping with the social contract' between a fund and its investors embodied in the fund's prospectus," he added. ...

FT snags $200m fixed income mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... markets in our aim to add value to the portfolio for Australian investors," said Christopher Molumphy, executive vice president and chief investment officer for Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group. Franklin Templeton Investments' Global Aggregate portfolio ...

Pentafin beefs up IT team

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
... Vetto and ex-Challenger operations support manager Karen Chim to its IT team. Joe Vetto, the former co-founder and vice-president of product development for Seattle-based X6 Technologies which is now Minecode, has joined as a communications specialist. ...

Focus on value not fees: AFA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
... commissions should not be abolished because the existing system promotes choice and value among clients. AFA national president Dennis Bateman stated that mandating a single model of remuneration is wrong. Bateman said such a model would distract everyone ...