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Amigos para siempre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... statement was made in the context of America and Australia's unbending alliance in the pursuit of finding the cave that houses Osama bin Laden. Like Batman and Robin, they were at each other's side when disasters struck or national security is threatened. ...

Clash of the titans on housing bubble

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
The debate over an Australian housing bubble resurfaced this week and two of the world's leading investment houses are on opposite sides of the argument. GMO's Jeremy Grantham, a self-confessed student of asset price bubbles and an outspoken believer ...

Asset management boosts JPMorgan Q3 earnings

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... management and private banking featured prominently in JP Morgan's results overnight, the first of the major US investment houses to report third quarter earnings. The company's asset management division recorded net income of US$420 million, about 10 ...

OneVue on global path with managed accounts

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... 'all-in-one' managed account service for advisers. Since then, OneVue has worked with or signed contracts with key investment houses including ING, Challenger, Aviva Investors and Australian Unity. It also struck a deal with Yellow Brick Road (YBR) ...

Rise of the new rich

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... shows which countries are breeding more billionaires and how they are investing their money. For decades, major investment houses have accumulated a lot of data on high net worth (HNW) investors and how they grow their wealth. This month, the Credit ...

SimCorp launches "office of the future"

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010
... new "Front Office" solution last week, a suite of programs that aims to reduce the operational risks faced by investment houses when integrating multiple systems. The company said that its front office suite of applications were designed to automate ...

AXA Aus launches adviserweb

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... to fast track the way practice principals and advisers access their clients' data through adviserweb, a new website that houses insurance, pension and investment data under one roof. Cam Cimino, AXA's general manager in digital business, said they've ...

RBS develops ESG strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) joins the growing number of stockbroking and investment houses keen to develop a numerical strategy that can be used to better qualify an investment decision based on a company's ESG policies. Dr Alva De Voy, an equity strategist ...

Asia to reap $75bn windfall

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... equities: broad opportunity sets in Asian markets, higher growth and rising valuations. For instance, the Asia Pacific houses 46 per cent of the world's listed companies - with over 20,000 companies. This is in contrast to Australia, where there are ...

Fiduciary duty goes beyond APLs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... Credit Suisse Private Banking and panelist at last week's annual Rainmaker Marketing Symposium, said external research houses' ratings should not be used to formulate advisers' approved products lists. She cited FOS' decision last year, which determined ...