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IWL enters MA ring

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
IWL has entered the increasingly crowded managed accounts space with its new portfolio administration and tax reporting system, Virtual Broker Wrap. The product merges the company's wholesale Echelon portfolio administration and tax software with their ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
The Australian market is expected to open to sharp losses, weighed down by weak base metal prices and a poor result on Wall Street. At 0805 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was down 134 points to 6710 on a volume of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today on a weak lead from Wall Street as lackluster earnings news and Boeing's problems in its Dreamliner program prompted investors to lock in gains following a record-setting session. At 0800 AEST ...

Videoconferencing made Easynet

Financial services companies eager to cut their carbon footprint can now avail themselves of high-tech videoconferencing technology after a new deal signed by Easynet. Easynet, the international managed network and hosting division of UK media giant ...

Schroders appoints new equities specialist

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2007
Schroders has appointed former Fidelity executive Oliver Trusler as investment specialist - equities to help deliver a range of new products across Australian and global equity funds. The newly created role parallels the investment specialist - fixed ...

Credit crunch shows banks still lead the system

SUZY MAC IS ON LEAVE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2007
While central banks having to provide lines of credit to lenders as a result of the credit crunch is dragging the banking sector into the crisis, it shows how institutional investors are still as a group too weak to not require banks to lead them, said ...

Super funds to invest direct into infrastructure

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
The recent surge in superannuation inflows could push funds into direct infrastructure investment, according to Gabriel Szondy, managing director of the Centre for Investor Education. With contributions last financial year up between 23 and 35 per cent ...

Sentiment stable as San Andreas fault

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
Market sentiment just can't seem to settle and while BHP executives just 24 hours ago were saying 'sub who?' financial markets remain jumpy waiting for the next sub-prime tremor. Calm returned and optimism flooded the markets on Tuesday with our local ...

Virtual bank collapse a warning to online world

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2007
The recent collapse of popular online role-playing game Second Life's largest bank has highlighted the problems an unregulated economy can have, even a virtual one. Last week, the game's biggest bank, Ginko Bank, closed after depositors rushed to withdraw ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2007
On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0815 AEST, the September share price index was down 12 points at 6376. In economic news today, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute will release its Indices of Economic Activity for May. In company news, Minara Resources ...