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JP Morgan breaks into NZ with musical

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
JPMorgan Australia is using its sponsorship of the long-running musical, The Phantom of the Opera, to heighten awareness of the JP Morgan brand in New Zealand. "We received our registered banking licence late last year [in New Zealand] and we have someone ...

ABN Amro Asset Mgmt to join Fortis

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
ABN AMRO Asset Management (Australia) has severed ties with ABN AMRO Group and will merge with global fund manager Fortis Investments. The new group will boast 40 investment centres, 600 investment professionals and 2,300 staff in more than 30 countries ...

Mercer Wealth on adviser recruitment spree

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
Huge volumes of financial advice-related phone calls, numbering more than 1,500 a day, spurred Mercer Wealth Solutions (Mercer) to expand its planning network to include self-employed financial advisers. David Anderson, Mercer outsourcing business leader ...

BT Wrap to offer short form insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
BT Financial Group joins a growing list of wealth management providers offering simpler and faster insurance when it developed an online short form application as part of its personal insurance service available on its wrap platform. In September last ...

UN PRI needs public reporting

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) board should mandate a public reporting system on the adoption of responsible investing policies to avoid the process becoming just another box ticking exercise, according to a leading ...

EQT and Trust end merger talks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
Equity Trustees has ended preliminary merger discussions with Trust Company after the firms could not agree to terms that are attractive enough for shareholders. Equity Trustees chair, Tony Killen, announced on Friday both firms were unable to reach ...

Northern Trust expands reporting tools

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
From currency risk and credit exposure reporting to 'extreme market events' testing, Northern Trust leaves no stone unturned in its new suite of governance reporting tools. The overseas custodian, better known locally as the custodian for the $60-billion ...

Research and rating firms welcome Govt review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
Research houses have welcomed a review by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and Treasury into the role they, along with credit rating agencies (CRAs), played in the recent financial market turmoil and subsequent corporate collapses. ...

van Eyk reviews equity income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
Research house van Eyk has reviewed the Australian equity income sector for the first time following growing retiree interest in the strategy. The research firm stated equity income managers should seek to deliver, at a minimum, two per cent above the ...

Temp residents worse off from new super rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
The Federal Government's proposed superannuation changes for temporary residents could divert up to $1 billion to the Australian Tax Office and hinder Australian businesses' effort to attract skilled overseas workers, according to Deloitte. Sarah Lane ...