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PIS calls for industry and retail ceasefire

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
Professional Investment Services (PIS) managing director, Grahame Evans, is calling for retail and industry super funds to put their philosophical differences aside and work together to provide a broader financial advice service to consumers. "I would ...

Banks not ready for Web 2.0

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
While many retail banks have toyed with the idea of using social networking sites to draw customers, a new study found many are still afraid that linking up their online services to third-party content poses a serious security threat. Datamonitor's ...

Omgeo gives edge to hedge

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
Omgeo has clinched more than 200 hedge fund clients, including the top players globally, after it developed a hedge fund offering which solves many of the headaches associated with administering middle-office hedge fund transactions. While hedge fund ...

AUSCOAL switches to weekly

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
AUSCOAL Super joins the growing list of super funds that have shifted from monthly to weekly crediting rates and, in a parallel move, the fund will also update investment choice switches from monthly to weekly. As of the latest financial year, investment ...

BNP Paribas wins six years with AMP

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
BNP Paribas Securities Services has won a six year custody and fund administration services mandate with AMP Ltd. BNP Paribas yesterday confirmed the extension of the AMP contract until 2014. AMP however is not a new client of BNP Paribas, which has ...

Advisers open doors to $50k clients

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
Advisers are willing to take on clients with funds as little as $50,000 in a bid to win new business amidst tough market conditions, new research shows. A new survey by Nielson, commissioned by ING Australia, noted that an increasing number of advisers ...

AWM posts $65m profit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
Australian Wealth Management (AWM) posted a full year net profit of $65 million to the end of June, its seventh consecutive increase in profit despite tough market conditions. AWM's net profit after tax increased by 13 per cent over a one year period ...

Caledonia updates with HiPortfolio

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
Australian boutique investment manager, Caledonia Investments is updating its DST International (DSTi) accounting service to the latest version, HiPortfolio. The latest version of the accounting software includes scalable end to end capabilities and ...

The saga continues

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
Data released overnight shows a continued decline the US housing market, price pressures remain and its financial sector problems have not gone away. US housing starts fell by 11 percent to an annualised 965,000 units in July -- the lowest level since ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher today after European and US bourses rose moderately, despite both Germany and France reporting contraction in quarterly gross domestic product (GDP). At 0745 AEST, the Sydney Futures Exchange's ...