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INQ buys HUB24 for $20 million

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
Boutique stockbroker Investorfirst has acquired unified managed account (UMA) provider HUB24 in a scrip-for scrip deal worth $20 million. Investorfirst said the transaction was part of its shift towards becoming an "integrated financial services house" ...

Singapore makes $8.4bn grab for ASX

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... (FIRB). Singapore is a serious thorn in the side of the government's plans to develop Australia as a regional financial services hub but whether authorities take that into consideration in their assessments of the deal remains to be seen. Complicating ...

ANZ to open Chengdu centre

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... chief executive Mike Smith said ANZ has now reached a size in China where "it makes sense to establish a specialist operations hub to support our continued expansion and growth." "We have invested in growth through the establishment of our locally incorporated ...

Rediscovering our Indian Ocean character

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
Australia needs to quickly rediscover its Indian Ocean character and not only consider itself a "Pacific" country, according to a leading investment strategist. In a wide ranging interview with the Financial Standard, Capetown-based Investec strategist ...

Singapore to win asset mgmt race: report

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... predictions for Singapore come during a time when the Federal Government seeks to promote the country as a financial services hub. For instance, the former Rudd Government cut withholding tax for distributions to offshore investors in Australian managed ...

Singapore: the cloud computing hub

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Not content with dominating financial services, Singapore is emerging as the cloud-computing hub for the Asia Pacific region, according to new research. Cloud computing enables a financial services company to access its IT applications through the web ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
Broad-based gains have pushed the share market higher to noon, with solid gains for most financial and mining stocks. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 12.5 points, or 0.28 per cent, at 4,553.7 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

UK bid to attract Aussie investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... investments, especially with the rise of emerging Asian markets, and now is an ideal time to show just how attractive an investment hub Britain is," Sir Andrew Cahn, chief executive of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) said. Traditionally speaking, London ...

China's $750bn pledge to clean tech aids sector

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
China's $750 billion investment toward clean technologies over the next decade will direct not just much-needed funding into the sector but make it more appealing to investors. Speaking at a one-day Deutsche Asset Management forum in Sydney this month ...

Fin centre plans hang in the balance: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... finance and regulation centre - arguing it will be detrimental to Australia's plans to become a global financial services hub. Minister Bowen, speaking yesterday at the Financial Services Council (FSC) annual conference in Melbourne, argues that the ...