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Instos take on risk monitoring tools

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
Institutional investors haven't been rewarded for taking risk in global investment markets since 2008, and have now turned to more intense monitoring to minimize further risks. Focusing on risk in this way gives institutional investors insights that ...

BT eyes accountants with new platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... ensure that it has all the right reporting and right feeds to support SMSF," BT head of Platforms Kelly Power said. "The focus of the cash account is start testing how the bigger platform will work, it is a very important part of our future architecture ...

CFS upgrades FirstChoice and FirstWrap platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... investments Peter Chun said. "We are committed to enhancing the functionality of our FirstChoice and FirstWrap platforms with a focus on improving efficiency for advisers and delivering ongoing value for our clients." CFS is also set to launch a fast ...

Aussie instos hungry for EM debt assets

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
Australian institutional demand for Asian and emerging market debt strategies will intensify in 2013, according to HSBC Global Asset Management chief executive for Asia Pacific Joanna Munro. The investment manager is meeting with Australian clients ...

Apostle Dundas Global Equity wins van Eyk mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... Alan McFarlane said. The Edinburgh-based fund manager's investment approach centres around global equity portfolios which focus on sustainable long-term dividends as well as capital growth, explained Apostle's Karyn West. "The portfolio has been designed ...

Chi-X opens to all Australian listed stocks

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
Alternative trading operator Chi-X has extended its universe of stocks and investors can now trade on all Australian listed stocks through its platform. Chi-X recently-appointed chief executive John Fildes told Financial Standard that the operator has ...

Planners race to plug gap in aged care advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... year. Challenger chief executive Richard Howes said the dearth in aged care products was partly a result of the market's focus on accumulation prior to the GFC. AMP's ipac Financial Care division is also set to enter the game and on the months to come ...

Vale William Mahoney

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... worked for Lehman Bros and Bankers Trust. He departed Bridgewater Associates in 2006 at the age of 48, which enabled him to focus on his wife Alice Bartlett Mahoney and his two daughters Virginia and Jo-Jo, who were born in Australia. He died in New ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... Wednesday's public holiday. As widely expected, the reduced its key interest rates amid mounting calls across the eurozone to focus on growth rather than austerity. The euro initially skyrocketed to $US1.3202 in the wake of the decision before tumbling ...

Basel III to see banks focus on longer-term depositors

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
The requirement to match assets and liabilities under new regulatory proposals will see Australian banks move to a model where customers owning more products, according to ING DIRECT's executive director distribution Lisa Claes. Although the final details ...