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Tyndall finds value

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
The overnight bloodshed on Wall Street may have carved 3.5 per cent from the S&P/ASX200, but the turmoil has produced some fantastic buying opportunities as valuations in Aussie equities begin to improve, says Tyndall. Tyndall is sticking to its guns ...

JV moves Invesco into China PE

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
Invesco WL Ross and Chinese power producing subsidiary, Huaneng Capital Services signed a joint venture to form the Huaneng Invesco WLR Investment Consulting Company. The joint venture will use the capabilities of both firms to identify and assess private ...

Saropa signs on six cos

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
Six financial services firms have signed on to technology firm Saropa's services since its platform launch a month ago. Surveyor Financial Services, Future Wealth Planners, Smyth Financial Services, Australian Finance Planners, Moneycat Consulting and ...

Macq to open next Gateway

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
Macquarie Funds is set to launch the next version of its Gateway Trust to provide retail investors and self managed super funds (SMSF) exposure to emerging markets infrastructure, the Asian financial sector, energy and agriculture. Using research from ...

Banks not ready for Web 2.0

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
While many retail banks have toyed with the idea of using social networking sites to draw customers, a new study found many are still afraid that linking up their online services to third-party content poses a serious security threat. Datamonitor's ...

Ipac revises global equities strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
AXA Asia Pacific subsidiary ipac shifts more funds into quantitative investing and away from fundamentally driven strategies when it mandated Enhanced Investment Technologies and Arrowstreet Capital to manage more than $800 million in funds. Enhanced ...

New turbo charged adviser account

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
ANZ and E*TRADE teamed up to provide financial advisers with a single cash management account that can buy and sell shares and, at the same time, earn high interest. ANZ V2+Broking allows advisers direct access to client funds with the ability tp earn ...

Planners demand global fund with conviction

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
Advance Asset Management is extending its relationship with US based Tradewinds Global Investors to provide retail investors' with access to a high conviction global equities fund. The Advance Tradewinds Global Equities fund's strategy aims to identify ...

AIG takes group insurance online

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
AIG Life is moving its group insurance service online with eForm, an application process that will reduce administration workload and increase the number of applications that can be instantly approved. The eForm gathers all the mandatory underwriting ...

AXA IM targets Aus instos

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
AXA Group's Paris-based asset management business is providing its expertise across European property, private equity, structured finance and fund of hedge funds to Australian institutions. Craig Hurt, AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) director of Australian ...