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IRESS upgrades service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
IRESS' next upgrade is providing financial planners with easier access to alternative income streams such as mortgage broking and the ability to create a statement of advice across all investment platforms faster. The firm's next update, version 130 ...

Sunsuper rewrites industry fund model

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
Sunsuper chief executive Tony Lally has outlined a fresh template for industry super funds - one that moves towards providing high-tech and more customised low-cost advice services to members. Speaking at the Association Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

GMO opens EM portfolio to new frontiers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
Global investment management firm GMO is broadening its emerging market portfolio to include frontier economies such as Nigeria, Vietnam and the Gulf States. Marco Vangelisti, GMO emerging markets portfolio manager, said the firm is looking to allocate ...

Korean fund administrator hires SmartStream

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
A prominent Korean fund administrator has signed on SmartStream Technologies' TLM Corporate Actions to improve its client services. Shinhan Aitas, a Korean fund administrator that provides various outsourced services to fund managers, will use TLM to ...

Challenger goes public

THE SHEET  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
The structured finance sector of the domestic debt capital market saw most activity last week, in terms of issuance and rating actions. The sector, and primarily RMBS, has made something of a comeback this month after a relatively quiet August. Issuance ...

SMSFs maintain investment strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
A new survey revealed two thirds of self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees are not changing their investment strategy despite almost half experiencing paper losses. The AMP Capital/Investment Trends 2008 SMSF Investor Report found 46 per cent of SMSFs ...

FPA members demand stronger voice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
Leading financial planning dealer groups want the Financial Planning Association (FPA) to take a harder stance on key industry issues and collaborate more with its members. Robbie Bennetts, Professional Investment Services chief executive, said the ...

Whac-a-mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
This Week's Market Movers (15 - 19 Sep 2008) The market jubilation that followed the US Treasury's rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac early last week quickly faded as problems in Lehman Brothers, Washington Mutual and American International Group ...

Mariner to shed more light on restructure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
Mariner Financial is to announce its long awaited results, delayed for two weeks, in the next couple of days - with executive chair Bill Ireland expected to provide more details on the proposed recapitalisation of the business. Shares in Mariner were ...

Tough times herald education boom

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
Tough economic times and a tight labour market is a potential windfall for Kaplan Professional as financial service employees' re-skill and set themselves apart from the competition. Warren Jacobson, Kaplan Professional chief executive, said the nature ...