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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
... meeting on Thursday and pushed up banking stocks. The FTSE 100 index ended up 178.6 points, at 6,493.8, as several investment houses revised their calls on UK interest rates, giving recently battered bank stocks a boost. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended ...

Telstra Super signs Charles River for direct portfolio management

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... role of pension funds taking more direct control of their investments pushes them to needing the same tool as investment houses, a trend that is only going to intensify.

ING appoints first chief operating officer

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
... Bertram as its first chief operating officer. Bertram will head up ING's new customer solutions business section, which houses the company's IT, operations, e-business and customer service areas. He will report to chief executive officer Paul Bedbrook. ...

IIFA pledges global reporting standards

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... advantage to any company that has good regulation, because investors like good regulation," he said. European financial houses also supported the move, he said. Gilbert also said globalisation and the rise of private equity were unavoidable issues for ...

Westpac to list wealth management arm

... fund but with the muscle of a large corporate group. Perennial, Macquarie and Australian Unity are among the investment houses who have adopted this big brand-boutique business model. Meanwhile, Westpac's chief executive David Morgan said, "We've built ...

GBST buys InfoComp for $56m

... region. GBST has over 120 staff nationally and provides market access and transaction solutions to local banks, clearing houses, custodians, fund managers, margin lenders and brokers. Meanwhile, InfoComp has over 130 staff and provides wealth management ...

Insurer claims from storms reach $200m

... to contact their insurer over the next twenty four to forty eight hours," she said. Claims are being made for damage to houses, home contents, commercial properties and motor vehicles. Local retail stores in the area such as Harvey Norman have also been ...

Analyse this: Dow Jones

One of the world's leading financial media houses, Dow Jones & Company has teamed up with a software provider to create a program that allows fund managers and brokers to analyse instantly and continuously how a news story can affect a company's share ...

Hedge and non-hedge collide

... "Alpha and beta are ultimately going to be global, they don't have to be local," he said. The end result is that investment houses will no longer provide the 'entire package' but source specialist managers for certain parts of a typical client portfolio. ...

ING launches new research arm

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
... company, Financial Facts, aiming to provide client and adviser-focused research for advisers, fund managers and other research houses. Beginning as an in-house capability for RetireInvest more than 15 years ago, over the years it built up its abilities ...