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Templeton opens SWF arm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
Franklin Templeton Investments is expanding its services to the $13 trillion sovereign wealth fund (SWF) sector. The firm promoted David Smart as global head of sovereign wealth and supranationals. Smart will be based in the firm's London office and ...

Tough times herald education boom

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... market is by way of education." Enrolment levels across financial services courses including investment banking, broking, wealth management and financial planning are high, he said. Kaplan Professional is also looking to launch a range of new financial ...

Saropa signs on six cos

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... signed on to technology firm Saropa's services since its platform launch a month ago. Surveyor Financial Services, Future Wealth Planners, Smyth Financial Services, Australian Finance Planners, Moneycat Consulting and Finwel are now using Saropa's services. ...

Sun Life appoints Goodall

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... help develop and execute strategies for expanding their business," said Goodall. Sun Life Financial provides a range of wealth accumulation and protection products and services to individual and corporate customers with $494 billion in assets under management ...

Funny Mae, Froggy Mac

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... in our financial markets here at home and around the globe. This turmoil would directly and negatively impact household wealth: from family budgets, to home values, to savings for college and retirement. A failure would be harmful to economic growth ...

Retail fund FUM drops $12bn

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... across the retail managed funds sector dropped almost $12 billion to $532 billion during the June quarter, with Australian Wealth Management (AWM), BT Financial Group and NAB/MLC posting the biggest losses. The Plan for Life analysis of retail managed ...

SWFs finalise principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are finalising a set of voluntary principles which aim to shed some light on the investment activities of the sector. Speaking at a Ministry of Finance of Chile conference, John ...

ASFA appoints policy director

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... actuary. Howes previously developed benefit projection tools and superannuation technical and educational support products for wealth management and financial planning clients with accumulation style funds. "With [Howes'] actuarial background, she will ...

HSBC launches alt fund services

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... "alternative" investments, will be headed by Howard Yip. The offering comes on the tail of HSBC's funds and investments wholesale wealth management business early this year.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... 32 cents to $24.97 and ANZ added 35 cents to $17.00. Westpac takeover target St George improved by 64 cents to $31.07. Wealth manager and insurer AMP rose 18 cents to $7.33. Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its monthly board meeting and is ...