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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
In a report surveying 19 core industry groups and 7,426 employers in Australia, recruitment and talent management company Hudson found that a net 34 per cent of employers expect to increase staff numbers over the forthcoming second quarter of 2007. ...

Partnership blooms between ipac and Flowers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007
Ipac securities has welcomed another practice into its fold with the formation of a business partnership with Flowers Financial Group. Ipac has partnered with the planning side of the Flowers Financial Group business, based in Sydney. Flowers consists ...

BlackRock gets rolling with Citi

BlackRock Australia scored a coup when they signed up Citigroup to their separately managed accounts (SMA) product, a deal that will make their SMA available to a market of over 100 dealer groups or around 120,000 client accounts at a stroke. It's like ...

Alternative low-cost retirement funds on rise in US

Employers in the US are turning to unregulated, low-cost investment vehicles called 'collective funds' and regulated 'retirement services' funds to house their staff's pension instead of using traditional managed funds. According to the latest 'industry ...

Funds address $750m in errors: Deloitte

A comprehensive Deloitte report on unit pricing to be published later this month has found that three out of four investment firms managing unit pricing data have reviewed their policy in response to the regulator's Best Practice Guide released in late ...

Less internet banking fraud at ANZ

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2007
ANZ say they have substantially cut internet banking fraud and confirmed that they see security as a competitive issue. ANZ, in a media release issued in connection with an award from an industry magazine, said that losses from internet banking fraud ...

Emerging markets by numbers: BlackRock

BlackRock Australia tapped into the solid track record of the global BlackRock's Princeton-based quant team when the group launched an emerging markets enhanced fund locally that is modeled on the US version. The BlackRock Global Enhanced Emerging Markets ...

Mortgage broker faces trial on 21 charges

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2007
A Victorian mortgage broker will face trial on 21 theft and deception charges relating to $600,000 he allegedly illegally obtained from clients. Former mortgage broker Michael Cay of Victoria was committed to trial by the Melbourne Magistrates Court ...

You got mail: Synergy

Funds administration provider Synergy Capital Management is saving up to $20,000 in administration costs each year by using software that improves mailing accuracy. Two years ago Synergy implemented a QAS address management solution which integrated ...

Margin calls up but investors not down

Macquarie's margin lending arm saw margin calls more than double in the midst of the Chinese market-led freefall yet, on the whole, Macquarie said investors are using their big buffer of cash to buy more shares. Peter van der Westhuyzen, division director ...