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ING outsources research to two firms

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
ING Australia is outsourcing its financial product and fund research to two external providers in January as Financial Facts shuts its operations by the end of the year. According to a press statement from ING Australia, the firm recently conducted ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after Wall Street's main index breached the 10,000 point mark on better-than-expected corporate earnings reports. At 0725 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract ...

HSBC appoints head of securities services

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
HSBC Bank Australia Limited has appointed Andrew Bastow as head of securities services, Australia effective 7 December 2009. In this role, Bastow will be responsible for overseeing the ongoing growth in the Securities Services business in Australia ...

REI Super named as default fund

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
The $600 million REI Super has been named as the default superannuation fund in the first draft of a new Federal Real Estate Award. REI Super, which had $608 million at the end of June according to Rainmaker Information, has been singled out by the ...

GESB pay rise didn't happen: Chairman

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
Following the political storm that erupted in WA last week after reports about the pay rise of GESB's chief executive, a statement issued by the fund's chairman has advised that no pay rise was granted last year. GESB Chairman Phil Harvey said "The ...

Perpetual buys Grosvenor

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
Perpetual has bought Grosvenor Financial Services - a privately-owned planning firm specialising in financial, investment and tax advice. Grosvenor has more than 200 high net worth clients in the medical, dental and legal professions. Grosvenor is based ...

Not proud of Storm involvement: Norris

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
CBA chief executive Ralph Norris has acknowledged that the bank's involvement with Storm Financial was not something he was proud of - but hopes the processes put in place to help affected customers would ease some of their burden. Norris told an audience ...

Undue credit (ratings)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... assets - it eventually did and the security were put on review for a downgrade shortly thereafter. Yes, this happened in January - a full 16 months after Lehman's collapse sucked the whole world down into a vortex of what is now known as the GFC. According ...

RetireInvest receives facelift

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
RetireInvest is broadening its advice services in 2010 - incorporating a larger holistic advice model in addition to its traditional retirement planning services, while rebranding to RI Advice Group. Paul Campbell, chief executive of the ING-owned RetireInvest ...

RetireInvest hires Strategy Steps

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
ING-backed RetireInvest has appointed financial planning strategy firm, Strategy Steps, as its outsourced technical experts. Strategy Steps will provide RetireInvest with technical updates, training and financial planning strategies. The firm is an ...