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Opes Prime launches First IT platform

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... is an industry first IT platform, appropriately called Opes Prime First, to provide a total online service for its securities lending and equity financing clients. The multi-market, multi-currency system, developed using Oracle's BPEL Process Manager ...

Adelaide leverages a five-star rating

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... top of a complete review of the bank's stock list and associated loan to value ratios (LVRs), which added over 800 securities, or increased the LVRs on its margin lending stock. Eric Blewitt, general manager, margin lending at Adelaide Bank (parent company ...

Confidently counting our chickens

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
... is. Despite growing domestic demand and long-term inflationary uncertainty, this month's CPI figures, echoed by TD Securities-Melbourne Institute's monthly inflation gauge, do suggest that inflation is easing for the present. But some economic trends ...

AMP Capital Investors grows real estate team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
AMP Capital Investors has appointed a new assistant portfolio manager to its global real estate securities team. Tim Gibson leaves Morgan Stanley to join the AMP Capital Investors team in London. He will be responsible for researching listed European ...

D'Aloisio put forward as Lucy's replacement

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
Treasurer Peter Costello has flagged his preference for who should fill the top job at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), proposing former Australian Stock Exchange head, Tony D'Aloisio, take over when current chairman Jeffrey ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
... economic news, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will release its financial aggregates data for March, while the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute Inflation Gauge for April also will be released. In equities, Orica Ltd will release its first half results. ...

LIFT's SMSF gearing product on the up

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
... the $1m personal after-tax ("non-concessional") contribution limit up to 30 June, allows SMSF's access to over 750 securities, including listed shares and unlisted managed funds. The lending facility only requires an upfront investment of 50 per cent ...

LDI spurs growth of bond derivatives

... not get amazing returns but I'm locking in the risk', which is about covering those pension liabilities," said ipac securities' chief investment officer Jeff Rogers. According to JP Morgan research, 10 per cent of pension funds in the UK now use LDI ...

Millennium3 acquires Mawson Group

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
... shareholders and the conditions of the deal should be satisfied by 30 June. The Mawson dealer group also encompasses Mawson Securities and Aurora Financial Services with $42 million in-force risk premium and $800 million in funds under advice. The acquisition ...

Rare coins and banknotes fund to raise $25m

Hindal Securities plans to raise $25 million through a fund that invests in rare Australian coins and banknotes, giving investors exposure to an alternative asset class that boasts returns as high as 35 per cent. From the '1813 Holey Dollar' to the ...