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Kaplan appoints CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... and institutional banking, spending five years in the bank's Hong Kong and Bangkok offices, the latter as ANZ's Thailand country head. Shilbury joined ANZ in 1986 and holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Western Australia. Shilbury ...

AMP Banking taps Cuscal ATM network

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... Australia have no Direct Charging fees for all its members, which are predominantly credit unions scattered around the country. The government's direct charging reforms will have an impact on the investments and superannuation fund industry as lines ...

Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... 2008. Add to this the central government's own efforts at curbing rampant growth by withdrawing subsidies in many of the country's industries. Now China got what it wished for. This shows the swift result that could be achieved with a centrally planned ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... the red at noon, with the finance sector and big miners weighing on the local bourse. Australia's market declined as the country's biggest company, BHP Billiton, said it would cut production and slash thousands of jobs in an effort to combat the global ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short. For they have forgotten what this country has already done; what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage. ...

Aus FMs avoid Satyam scandal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... Investment Management head of multi strategies, said the scandal had damaged the reputation of India's IT industry and the country's growth story among local investors. "There's no question there will be collateral damage and I think other computing ...

Mercer ups ante in corporate super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... said Anderson. According to Rainmaker Data, Mercer Super (corporate trust division) is the largest corporate super in the country with 230,000 members and $10.4 billion in funds under advice (FUA) as at September 2008. It is followed by Plum Super with ...

Shariah-compliant hedge funds hit the spot

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... seven years, according to fund manager Schroders. For example, Qatar is predicted to replace Luxembourg this year as the country with the highest GDP (nominal) per capita in the world. Finally, Gentilini said the funds stand to benefit from the region's ...

PIS prepares for tough year

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... on more than $16.1 billion of investments and $3.2 billion in mortgages. It is one of the largest dealer groups in the country that is not owned by a major bank or fund manager.

AMP forays into SMAs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
One of the country's largest financial planning groups, AMP, has launched its own separately managed accounts product following advisor feedback. Paul Sainsbury, AMP product manufacturing director, said the launch of the product, the AMP Personalised ...