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RBC Dexia launches unit registry

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
RBC Dexia Investor Services has launched SARA Web for Australia - a global third party administrator-backed real-time unit registry. SARA (Shareholder Accounting & Registration Application) helps give flexibility in areas such as fund ownership and ...

Govt announces short selling disclosure timeline

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
The federal government expects to release short selling disclosure requirements in the next month, eight months after the government passed the Bill. A spokesperson for Chris Bowen, minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law ...

The Venus solution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
Like everywhere else around the globe, Japan's equity markets have rebounded from the extreme pessimism that marked the low point of the global financial crisis back in March 2009. At the end of August, the Nikkei-225 index has risen by 48.7 per cent ...

Faster contributions processing at SuperChoice

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
QSuper, ING and AMP are among some of the large super funds now using SuperChoice's latest straight through contribution processing technology, Super Data Exchange. Superannuation exchange provider SuperChoice has launched Super Data Exchange - a service ...

Zurich signs on to XPLAN Risk Researcher

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
Zurich risk products' real-time insurance premium validation has been added to XPLAN Risk Researcher. The announcement follows the introduction of real-time confirmation of CommInsure risk insurance premiums, which was also implemented by IRESS. The ...

Boost allocation to top active managers: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
Active managers enter a sweet spot in investments history with a three-year window to seriously make a mint for their investors, said BGI. The analysis paper, Why the financial crisis has made markets less efficient, by Andrew Jackson, director of research ...

Stop illegal early release of super: ASIC

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
ASIC has fired its warning shot on illegal early release on super - and is appealing to trustees to help plug increasing cases spurred by losses from the GFC. ASIC is concerned that the current market conditions are contributing to an increase in the ...

Market recovery emphasises quality managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
The recent sharemarket recovery has highlighted the need for financial planners to be even more vigilant when choosing a managed Australian equity fund. Rainmaker data found the average top 50 active Australian equities fund lost over 2 per cent while ...

Zenith rates Fairview fund 'recommended'

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
Zenith Investment Partners has given a 'recommended' rating to the Fairview Emerging Companies fund. Founded in August last year, Fairview Equity Partners is managed by three executive directors that also act as portfolio managers - Chris Adams, Leigh ...

Not bullish enough, maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
Have you heard the latest gossip? Yes, that one. Australia's economy has now left the gloom and doom of the global financial crisis behind and is now walking into the gloom and doom of rising interest rates. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will ...