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Financial sector holds gains: Suncorp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... to attract notable industry professionals. "The two businesses as they stood before probably didn't have the scale or the scope, but as a result of the merger, we've managed to employ people like Vladimir Kazokov, an engineering and mathematics academic ...

SOA at half price

... are strangling financial planners with no direct benefits for their clients," she said. The new template will detail the scope of the advice, personal details, objectives and requirements, proposed solution and plan of action, and benefits of the proposed ...

Funding costs trim Suncorp banking profit

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... including some form of return of capital, is also likely, though for taxation reasons not before March 2008. The detail and scope of this return of capital Suncorp is yet to work out, and largely depends on the views of credit ratings agencies as much ...

ACT govt funds adopt sustainable investing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... approach would expose it to some stocks others might perceive as unethical, but the risk-based approach would provide far more scope to influence how businesses operated.

RBC Dexia wins $5.6bn custody mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
... Investments, said RBC Dexia's services and reputation got them across the line. "[Their] unique combination of speed and scope set RBC Dexia apart from the other providers in the market and made them an ideal choice as custodian for our portfolio," he ...

Mariner taps into private equity

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
... according to chief financial officer Alexander Sundich. Bill Ireland, Mariner's managing director, said, 'We believe there is scope for Mariner to develop a private equity and corporate investments business primarily focused on small and mid-cap opportunities ...

Scalable laws could protect property finance investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... services license even though they are as big as some credit unions. And because they are debt products they fall outside the scope of most financial products regulation anyway. "They were also directly targeted at retail and not wholesale investors even ...

SELECT scores four stars for diversified funds

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2007
... competitors. Fund returns may be more consistent over time and less sensitive to equity market returns, as there is greater scope to shift to other investments when equities fall." The funds' absolute return focus means assets have a significantly lower ...

Keysbrook joins national best practice project

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
... strategies, technology, compliance, investment research and back office services and we are incrementally encouraged to expand the scope of the Project. It is great to have Keysbrook on board". Simon Joyner, managing director of Keysbrook, was looking ...

Bigger teams, more products for fixed interest: S&P

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
... a result, while the sector's recent after-fees product performances have been "far from stellar", managers now have more scope to add value, the report said. However, diversification meant that no two funds were now alike, making peer group analysis ...