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Schroders eyes credit markets

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... the financial sector due to over leverage. Things are being done to address the issue, said Doyle, and he expects the corporate sector to come through in "reasonable shape". Schroders' decision to rid its portfolios of all listed property trusts by the ...

Banks to benefit from new FI interface

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... group's dealer-to-dealer market opened only last year and processes government and semigovernment securities and AUD corporate, supra, agency and sovereign fixed and floating rate securities. Half a dozen major banks have equity stakes in Yieldbroker ...

PRI members push CSR movement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... signatories are using their collective $6 trillion investment might to persuade around 9,000 companies to sign a set of corporate social responsibility standards. The 52 strong group wrote to companies listed on the MSCI World, FTSE All World and IFC ...

Trustee education top issue for SMSFs: Pearce

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... potential for financial failure is very significant. "Practical examples can be found in the case of some of the recent corporate collapses, where many self managed superannuation funds lost significant sums of money."

SimCorp scoops Vendor of the Year award

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... which also operates in Australia, for its single ticket clearing capability and XSP, for enhancements it made to its corporate actions platform.

Snowball taps mining rich towns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... planning and accounting firm, Yarra Financial Group in April. In addition, Snowball bought all the assets of specialist corporate super business, Mastertek Benefit Consultants (MBC) in May. Snowball has more than 85 financial advisers and over $4 billion ...

Swan clears St George takeover

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... and Bank of South Australia, "dedicated management teams" for St George and Westpac retail banking distribution and a "corporate presence" at the former head office of St George in Kogarah. Westpac appears to still be three or four weeks away from letting ...

Buy side firms assess tech ability

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
Expected regulatory requirements and the need for greater corporate transparency are driving buy side investment firms to assess their technological operations. More than 475 people attended Charles River Development's annual conference despite tightening ...

GRI sets up Australian base

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... economic, environmental and social performance. GRI partnered with St James Ethics Centre because of its ties with regional corporate responsibility, trusteeship of the Corporate Responsibility Index and its partnership with the National Business Leader's ...

ARCH buys FPG stake

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
US asset manager ARCH Financial Products has bought a 48 per cent stake in one of the world's largest offshore independent financial adviser firms, Financial Partners Group. ARCH bought the stake in FP Group, which has more than $1.3 billion under advice ...