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Five core banking systems overhauled at CBA

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... problematic. The project will be rolled out with four launches, the first planned for this year. Chief information officer Michael Harte said the aims of the project were to create efficiencies in the back office by introducing common processes across ...

RaboPlus adds BlackRock Global to platform menu

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
RaboPlus has added BlackRock Global Allocation Fund (Australia) to its wholesale managed funds platform menu. The RaboPlus online wholesale managed funds platform now includes 58 funds. The BlackRock Global Allocation Fund (Australia) invests in global ...

Hedge funds post worst Q1

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
Hedge funds have recorded their worst quarter in almost six years but managed futures bucked the trend. According to Man Investments Quarterly Review, the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index fell 2.78 per cent in this year's first quarter. The report found ...

RARE appoints ex-Fidelity as retail head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
Boutique global infrastructure investment firm RARE Infrastructure has appointed Matthew Dell to head of retail distribution. Dell was previously responsible for national accounts at Fidelity Investment Australia and has experience in funds management ...

Adviser Edge seals another deal with van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
Retail investments researcher van Eyk will stop using the services of product researcher Aegis in favour of an extended relationship with Adviser Edge. The group said it ended its relationship with Aegis amicably, preferring instead to use one research ...

AXA numbers down, outlook up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
AXA Asia Pacific's first quarter results revealed a dramatic fall in net inflows across its platform, advice and investment arms, but one broker said the diversified group has fared better than most. In a triple blow, net inflows in AXA's advice business ...

Soft commodity a hard buy

... the agricultural boom is secular, not cyclical, meaning that current high prices are set to continue," the report said. Michael Hobbs Clarification: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Macquarie might close its pastoral fund and ...

Advice that spans three generations

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
IOOF group has developed a service to help financial planners build a relationship with GenX and GenYers through their baby boomer parents. The Multi Generational Module will be available in the coming months and allows planners to develop an estate ...

AMP FP appoints regional mgr

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
AMP Financial Planning has appointed Thomas Reeh as West Australian, South Australian and Northern Territory regional manager. Previously, Reeh spent several years with AMP Banking in Sydney before he was transferred to the UK to take a position as ...

Credit Suisse expands private banking

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2008
Credit Suisse has purchased corporate advisory firm, Hindal, enabling the development of its strategy to provide investment banking, private banking and asset management services to high net worth clients and Australian businesses. Established in 1996 ...