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MLC to brandish ISO 9001 logo

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
... Now financial planning is set to undergo the same rigorous checks too following a historic deal between MLC and standards agency SAI Global. MLC takes the debate on quality of advice to its backoffices when it signed a partnership with SAI Global to ...

Church funds take youth off the streets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
... Youth of the Streets has grown from a single van food delivery service operating in Kings Cross, Sydney to a major catering agency that deals with a range of youth issues like substance abuse. "Helping the youth of today is where it all starts, they ...

GoldLink loses luster

... Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) that it will wind down its investment portfolios and return money to investors. Ratings agency Standard & Poor's Fund Services has withdrawn its ratings from three GoldLink Capital Asset Management Ltd. (GoldLink) ...

Managed accounts move one step closer to benchmarking

... standards for benchmarking managed accounts (MAs), in a bid to help financial advisers compare MAs in a uniform format. Ratings agency Morningstar has expressed interest in developing a ratings scheme and will be part of the working group, said Tracy ...

RBC Dexia scores two global custody deals

... State Investments has appointed RBC Dexia to provide global custody, fund administration and shareholder services (transfer agency) for the First State European Diversified Infrastructure Fund. "Our decision to work with RBC Dexia was based on a number ...

Zenith recommends Barwon/Select PE fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2007
Ratings agency Zenith has awarded a "Recommended" rating to Barwon Investment Partners' Select Private Equity Portfolio, offered through their partnership with Select Asset Management. Launched late last year, the multi-manager portfolio provides access ...

S&P downgrades Aust Unity insurance

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2007
... Warren Locket, AUGI's general manager of general and life insurance, said such a move was normal with a credit ratings agency. "I would expect that S&P would look at how it comes together and that it beds down successfully. I don't see anything in that ...

Clean, green profit machines

... of the financial year returns of 68 ASX listed clean technology companies, Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) ratings agency Corporate Monitor has found that the sector enjoyed double the returns of the Australian sharemarket. Using market data from ...

Westpac ends senior IT exec hunt

... acquisitions, said the bank in a statement. Outside her banking career, Sias is a past chairperson of the Australian Sports Drug Agency and was a board member of Basketball Australia. Michelle Baltazar

Become fin services hub or miss the boat: IFSA

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2007
... the specific problems associated with exporting financial services." It should also consider establishing a specialist agency to accelerate regulatory deliberations surrounding managed funds and foster collaborative arrangements between regulators and ...