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Become fin services hub or miss the boat: IFSA

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2007
Australia's funds management industry needs to establish itself as a global financial services hub or risk missing out on large future economic gains, according to a reporty by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA). According to the ...

NZ investors hooked on high yield

A survey of New Zealand investors has found that 72 per cent rated interest rates as the most important factor when choosing an investment product and were less concerned about the stability of the financial institution selling them. "With the collapses ...

Super contributions jump 42 pct to $114b

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2007
SimplerSuper has put a rocket underneath total contributions flows with analysts suggesting total inflows could reach $114 billion this year, up a staggering 42 per cent from last year. Ross Clare, director of research for the Association of Super Funds ...

CommBank stays with EDS

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2007
The Commonwealth Bank has had difficulties with its information technology service provider EDS at times during their 10 year relationship, but all that was put to one side when the bank and the technology services company renewed their vows for another ...

FUM hits $1.4tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
Funds under management (FUM) has hit $1.4 trillion at end March after climbing 17.3 per cent or more than $200 billion during the previous year, according to Rainmaker's latest market roundup report. Discounting FUM that is outsourced to other investment ...

Austock MAs to be powered by Financial Simplicity

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
Austock Securities has chosen Financial Simplicity to provide the infrastructure for its managed accounts capabilities. The Financial Simplicity software will be implemented by Austock to power its portfolio management capabilities, including enabling ...

Economic round-up: Another day, another record

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
As our dollar continues challenging its own records, and puts the squeeze on smaller mining companies, soaring takeover activity sees Australia join a world gone M&A mad. The Australian dollar strengthened almost 20 per cent against the greenback in ...

VFMC chooses SimCorp as tech provider

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2007
Growing technology specialist SimCorp has been chosen by the Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) as its preferred technology provider, supplying the $40 billion manager with its SimCorp Dimension software. VFMC will implement SimCorp Dimension ...

Bank planners promote gearing strategies

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
One issue hotly debated in the financial planning community in the months leading up to the 30 June superannuation contribution deadline was whether to recommend that clients use debt to help them reach the $1 million contribution limit. While independent ...

AIG and netwealth ride again

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
Independent platform provider netwealth has renewed its contract with AIG Life to provide life, TPD and salary continuance insurance to their Super Wrap - Personal Super and Employer Sponsored Super, adding a range of new features. Five major insurers ...