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Charter needs legislative backing: ISN

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
The Industry Super Network welcomed IFSA's Super Charter but added the association's response needs legislative and regulatory backing. The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) released the Super Charter which outlines a new way to pay ...

Nicholas-Applegate closes Australian offices

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
The global downturn takes another victim after US-based fund manager Nicholas-Applegate said it is going to shut down its Australian offices tomorrow, with all client services to be re-directed back to its San Diego headquarters. Susan Hunter, the company's ...

Industry bodies back IFSA charter

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
... to super," Vamos said. "While advice usually will need to be paid for it is important that its costs be unbundled from the sale of financial products and that consumers are able to make informed choices about the advice they purchase," she said. The ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
... cent, to 95.5 cents after the now sole-asset gold and copper miner completed its $US1.354 billion ($A1.715 billion) asset sale to China Minmetals Non-Ferrous Metals Co Ltd.

Carthona to advise on $500m insto money

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
Call Carthona Agriculture the Australian company that could. Since the start of the year, institutional investors have signed up to ask for Carthona's consultancy advice on a total $500 million worth of investments. Charlie Blomfield, managing director ...

BlackRock to buy Barclays Global Investors...

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... equivalents in BlackRock and $8.1 billion of cash. Under the terms of the agreement, Barclays will have certain restrictions on the sale or acquisition of shares in BlackRock, but will have the right to maintain its ownership percentage if BlackRock ...

Spin-a-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
Big yawn! Overnight news out of Wall Street provided little fresh direction, just a continuation of the recent trend we have seen so far - that is, anyone could choose any number from last night's stats and spin it both ways. Bull spin. US consumers ...

Fund manager pioneers voice technology

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... someone else could guess their passwords and other details and almost 60 per cent said someone else knew their details. The sale and delivery of the VeSecure system is led by NEC and the firm will also provide the first level support to Aviva.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks and commodity prices, including gold, copper and oil, gained overnight. At 0719 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was seven points higher at ...

Good news in inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
Is this the beginning of the end? Gauging from last week's actions - rather inactions - by four of the world's major central banks, it appears that this is so. It had been a awhile since financial markets witnessed the kind of central bank activity ...