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AUI signs Asian equities jv

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
Australian Unity Investments has this afternoon signed a joint venture with two leading Asian equities experts, creating a new local competitor in the sector. Five months ago, David Bryant, head of investments at Australian Unity (AUI), kept mum on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
The Australian share market has received generally positive leads from overseas, with Wall Street indices closing higher, oil up strongly, and metals returning flat results. At 0735 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

Charles River adds Nomura platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
Charles River Development has added Nomura's AsiaModelEx platform onto its investment management system, Charles River IMS. Nomura's Asia ModelEx platform is a suite of core and advanced algorithmic order execution strategies. Charles River clients ...

Mobile phone banking on the way

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
Technology firm Sybase is hoping to pioneer the mass take-up of mobile phone banking in Australia following its successful roll-out of the same technology in Austria and Germany - with a local deal likely in the next 12 months. In 2001, paybox Austria ...

Bond funds top UK platform flows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
Half the transactions through one of the largest platforms in the UK, Cofunds, flowed into corporate bond funds during this year's first quarter, according to the firm's latest report. According to the latest platform flows report from Cofunds, more ...

Northern Trust appoints investment risk head

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
Northern Trust ramps up its resources in Asia-Pacific when it appointed former Kapstream Capital executive Madhu Gayer as head of investment risk & analytical services (IRAS). Based in Hong Kong, Gayer will be responsible for IRAS client relations ...

Outsourcing the next boom market

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... "Outsourcing is going to help you focus on a strategic area to improve revenue," said Sidney Yuen, head of consulting practice, APAC for Convergys. "Outsourcing some of your transactional enquiries through a trusted service provider for example is going ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
Australian markets have received mixed leads. While Wall Street was slightly higher in late-afternoon trade, precious metals were higher, copper was up, too, but crude oil ended up lower. At 0709 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower today after US equities fell as investors grappled with renewed worries about the soundness of the financial sector. At 0729 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures ...

Northern Trust bags award

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
Nasdaq-listed Northern Trust Corporation, who controversially won the Future Fund custody in May last year, was recently bestowed the title of "best custodian in Asia Pacific". Northern Trust, which was set up more than 100 years ago, was awarded the ...