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IWL's trading platform in your pocket

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
IWL's online stockbroking business, Sanford Securities, has taken share trading mobile with the launch of Australia's first dedicated mobile share trading website for both 2G and 3G internet-enabled mobile phones and PDA's. Know as 'Sanford2GO', the ...

Intech shifts focus to after-tax

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
Skandia's investment and consulting division Intech has added a new structure to its $1.8 billion multi-manager Australian Shares Active Trust, focusing on boutiques and after-tax returns. The shift to boutiques comes after Intech's own research suggested ...

Singapore's wealthy to defy global downturn

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
Singapore's fund managers could be in for a battle for new money as the country's focus on exports, international trade and tourism will help it ride out a predicted global economic downturn from 2008-09 and increase the number of wealthy individuals ...

SimCorp appoints services head

... the finance sector including work with Deutsche Bank, Bankers Trust and Westpac. "William has played a leading role in two major implementations since he joined SimCorp...[his] experience will ensure we maintain that consistency as we build our presence ...

Still time to bid on 2007 signed team Manchester United jersey

... Reach Foundation ran 16 different programs in more than 400 locations across Australia to over 45,000 teenagers. AIG is a major global sponsor of Manchester United and are proud supporters of the Reach Foundation through an association with one of its ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
... favourably looked on before trade opened today." BHP Billiton gained 25 cents to $44.00 and Rio Tinto found $1.01 to $107.29. The major banks were mixed, with ANZ 14 cents better to $30.59, and National Australia Bank up 13 cents to $40.71. But the Commonwealth ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
... points at 1,542.84. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 4.14 points at 2,733.57. LONDON - Britain's top share index rose after major central banks in England and Europe kept interest rates on hold, while Northern Rock led gains after sources said Citigroup ...

International ETFs debut on ASX

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2007
... US$2 trillion by 2011. However, iShares co-head Tim Bradbury said market conditions meant Australia ended up as the last major world market to get them. Morry Waked, chief executive of Barclays Global Investors Australia (BGIA), said, "The listing of ...

FuturePlus appoints new chair

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2007
... NSW and mayor of Blacktown, Leo Kelly, to chairman. The appointment is part of FuturePlus' rotation policy between its two major shareholders, the Local Government Super Scheme (LGSS) and the Energy Industries Super Scheme (EISS). A FuturePlus board ...

Lack of automation hikes costs

A study conducted through a digital voting system (digivote) at this year's annual SIBOS conference, the biggest global event in IT banking and finance, has found that 40 per cent of survey respondents named operational efficiency and cost reduction ...