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US and Aus open equities borders

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
... and vice versa. The agreement is another example of the government's commitment to develop Australia as a financial services hub, according to a statement from Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law. Included in the arrangement ...

Board changes at Findlay

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
Listed broking firm Findlay Securities has announced that company founder Ivor Findlay will be stepping down from his role as executive chair and will be replaced by former IWL chief Otto Buttula. The changing of the guard is just one of several changes ...

HOSTPLUS tackles Qld with Storm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... Queensland represents the biggest growth opportunity for HOSTPLUS partly because it is going to become a significant tourism hub in Australia," he said. Roy Morgan research found the Melbourne Storm is rated as the second favourite rugby league among ...

Pereira bullish on Indian equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... cent over a one year period to 2008, totalling more than $27.3 billion. India has also become a private equity investment hub's, with roughly $7.14 billion worth of deals finalised over a one-year period to the end of May. "India is attractive [because] ...

The nub of being a hub

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
Local fund managers have the right skills and resources to make Australia the financial services hub in Asia and beyond but taking on that mantle doesn't necessarily mean the money has to be managed at home. Speaking at the IFSA conference yesterday ...

Fund call centres the weakest link

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... funds call centres have proven to be the weakest link in a fund's marketing mix, new research shows. Despite being the main hub of communication between a fund and its members, call centres are far measuring their performance customer satisfaction inaccurately ...

CAAM eyes retail

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... our specialist skills are sought out," said Borysiewicz. Borysiewicz confidently pegs CAAM Australia to be a major growth hub for the French banking stalwart. "A couple of years back, Credit Agricole pondered where further growth can come from, and they ...

Abu Dhabi opens investment doors

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
... Arab Emirates (UAEs) is still looking for outside investment to transform itself into an international capital city, industry-hub, and tourism Mecca. While Abu Dhabi has made unsubstantiated overtures about opening itself up to foreign investment in ...

Wayne the nation builder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... investment funds designed to fix infrastructure, health and education while also kick starting Australia's regional financial hub ambitions. Superannuation however has been largely left alone except for a few operational initiatives like winding back ...

2020 Summit push for life long accounts

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
The wealth management industry may have been left off the 2020 Summit's guest list but that doesn't mean we were left out of the Summit's final report. The initial report outlining the summit's outcomes contains two key recommendations that could have ...