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CFS eyes fundamental indexing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
Colonial First State has partnered with US-based fundamental indexing experts Research Affiliates in a bid to upgrade its multi manager portfolio. CFS will soon unveil a new subsidiary, Realindex Investments, which will have the exclusive right to use ...

The end is nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
Measures, measures and more measures. How long is a piece of string? How much more money must central banks kept throwing at banks, financial institutions and businesses to get credit flowing again? Selective bailouts, massive rescue packages, coordinated ...

AXA to ramp up planning revenues by $60m

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
Advisers are expected to add up to $63 million to their books over the next five years through a new three-pronged business plan from AXA. AXA's new strategy revolves around the formula of securing the appropriate business partnerships, maximising the ...

Intech appoints Hawkey to board

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
Intech Investments appointed former Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) board member, Daryl Hawkey as independent non executive director to its board. Hawkey's banking and funds management career spans 40 years, working at Sagitta Wealth ...

Soup for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
You call last week a sell-off, this is a sell-off. Wall Street is now more than US$1,000,000,000,000 (US$1 trillion) cheaper as investors dumped stocks following news of the US House of Representatives' rejection of the US$700 billion financial sector ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
The Australian stock market generally has received positive leads from Wall Street, particularly with news this morning that US congressmen have reached agreement on a rescue package for US financial institutions. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0745 ...

Macq to sell investment lending arm

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
While St.George's margin lending division will try to ride the tough markets, the credit crunch has taken its toll on one of its key rivals with Macquarie Bank in talks to find a partner for its $3 billion loan book. In an ASX statement, Macquarie said ...

The Cambridge Strategy appoints currency expert

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
Active currency risk manager, The Cambridge Strategy, is to set up an office in Hong Kong and has appointed Sydney-based Alexandra Edstein to help expand the company's operations in the Asia-Pacific region. With more than 20 years of experience in currency ...

AIST calls for higher co-contribs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
Australians have received $205 million more in superannuation co-contributions from the Federal Government this year compared to last year, adding to the more than $3 billion in funds received since the scheme was introduced - but a leading industry ...

Symantec ramps up CSR

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
From slashing its energy consumption to designing 'green' buildings, Symantec joins the growing list of companies articulating their environmental policies - all mapped out in its first ever corporate responsibility report released this year. Among ...