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BT Financial jobs on the chopping block

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
BT Financial has placed 100 roles in its support and management divisions under review, blaming the staff cuts to the volatile markets. The move comes after the group funds under management fell 9 per cent during the 12 months to March 2008, according ...

Former Invesco duo harvest good returns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
It has been over a year since Australian equities heavyweights Rohan Walsh and Luke Sinclair left Invesco for Karara Capital. The market timing may have been off but the pair still proved their mettle judging by their debut returns in their new home. ...

Hedge funds turn insto

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
The global hedge fund space is undergoing a period of radical change as large hedge funds become institutionalised, new research shows. According to international strategy consultancy Celent, large hedge funds are undergoing institutionalisation as ...

Super SA gives thumbs up to SyncSoft

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
Six months into signing on tech firm SyncSoft, the $11.5 billion Super SA claims that it is well under way to implementing a bigger and better payroll processing system. Super SA first signed on SyncSoft's Capital in March to provide the payroll system ...

Tax free pension not without trade-offs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
Retirees with tax free pension accounts risk missing out on certain super fund payments handed to their dependents, according to a financial planning expert. Rudy Haddad, ING Australia national manager of technical services, sales and marketing, said ...

More Weak Indicators

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
What else is new? Negative indicators on the US economy just keep on coming and business confidence in Europe is falling. The US Department of Labor reported that initial claims for unemployment benefits spiked to 406k in the week ending July 19 -- ...

NZX plugs into SWIFTNet

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
The New Zealand Exchange (NZX) selected SWIFTNet for its clearing and settlement messaging services. SWIFT is an interconnected communications platform that allows users to exchange automatically using standardised financial information in a secure ...

Aust must avoid Europe's ETS disaster

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
Australia must learn from the mistakes of the European ETS if it is to avoid squandering billions of dollars and waste an opportunity to seriously impact climate change. Dr Nikki Williams, chief executive of the NSW Minerals Council, speaking last night ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
The Australian equities market was trading higher at midday led by improved sentiment toward the financial sector after Wall Street closed up more than one per cent overnight. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 77.4 points, or 1.55 per ...

All Eyes on the CPI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
It will be a big day for the Australian financial markets today with the release of the CPI Report for the June quarter. Headline CPI is expected to show consumer prices rose by 1.3 percent in the quarter, matching the March quarter's rise. This will ...