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State Street rebrands ETFs

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has re-branded its listed streetTRACKS series of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) under the new global State Street ETF brand SPDRs. The re-branding is part of a global State Street roll-out that comes on the back of ...

Advisers want transparency from licensees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... models built upon this philosophy, he said. "Licensees should earn their profit from services they provide and not the platform they are associated with. And clients should take a more active interest in the licensee behind the adviser," said Wise.

ASFA develops standardised super fund data forms

ALEX DUNNIN, HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
Increasing demand for up-to-date super fund performance and asset allocation data has prompted the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) to develop standardised data forms for super funds akin to what has been used by the retail managed funds ...

AUI JVs a winning formula

... Management where Platypus runs the portfolio while AUI takes over the distribution of the funds to financial planners and platform groups. "We have found that gaining traction in the retail market is difficult, expensive and time-consuming, so accessing ...

Legg Mason expands sales in NSW

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2007
... BT Financial Group. Curtin will be responsible for new and existing relationships and building brand awareness among platform providers.

Carbon trading gets competitive hedge

... is a few steps ahead with the New Zealand Stock Exchange working with a group of companies to develop a carbon trading platform, broadly similar to the exchange trading scheme of the Chicago Climate Exchange. In the meantime, some Australian investment ...

IXIS wins $450m CFS mandate

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... Management Australia has been awarded a $450 million global bond mandate from Colonial First State for its FirstChoice platform. IXIS Australia affiliate Loomis, Sayles & Company will manage the mandate and follows a Loomis Sayles revision of its investment ...

Opes Prime launches First IT platform

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
Opes Prime has launched what it claims 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 ...

Skandia appoints ex-Suncorp exec

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
Skandia has appointed former Suncorp executive, Felicity Nicholson, as general manager of marketing, product and strategy, a newly created role on Skandia's executive management team. Ross Laidlaw, chief executive officer of Skandia, said, "The decision ...

Fin Synergy upgrades Acurity ahead of D-day

Financial Synergy has released a Simpler Super-friendly version of its flagship administration platform Acurity ahead of the superannuation reforms due to take effect 1 July. "Acurity 7.1 will allow Acurity clients to become fully compliant and up-to-date ...