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ASSET Super launches TTR calculator

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
A new interactive web-based calculator has been released by Asset Super to help people considering a transition to retirement strategy in the lead up to full retirement. Asset Super is working with Rice Warner Actuaries to design a new Transition to ...

Spring springs on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... 38 per cent - yes 38, not 3 point 8 - following reports of an internal memo written by its CEO, Vikram Pandit, that the company was profitable in the first two months of 2009 following five consecutive quarters of losses. Is this, in the words of US ...

ASIC boosts online MIS registration

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
ASIC is inviting businesses to lodge applications for the registration of managed investment schemes online. The online forms are part of ASIC's ongoing commitment to provide accessible lodgement services to assist business. They include Form 5100 Application ...

US advisers keen on equities

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
US based research has found two in five local financial advisers are preparing for an equity market upswing and moving their client's portfolios into shares. Putnam Investments research of 600 financial advisers in the US found 53 per cent of respondents ...

OTC derivative platforms need upgrade: report

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
Institutions trading over the counter (OTC) derivatives must invest a significant amount in technology, infrastructure and human resources to support rising trading volumes, according to a new report. Neil Wright, State Street senior vice president ...

Perpetual appoints joint quant head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
Perpetual appointed Ganesh Suntharam as joint head of firm's quantitative investments business. This announcement follows the appointment of Vasant Khilnani as Suntharam's co-head of quantitative investments. Both Suntharam and Khilnani were promoted ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... uneventful with Victoria out." Victoria was marking the Labour Day public holiday on Monday. BHP Billiton, the biggest company on the stock exchange, rose $1.50, or 5.42 per cent, to $29.15 and rival Rio Tinto gained $2.23, or 4.88 per cent, to $47.93. ...

Three firms wound up by ASIC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... records. They also operated unregistered managed investments schemes. Meanwhile, the application to wind up an additional company in the group, 115 Constitution Road Pty Ltd, was adjourned for 14 days following the appointment of an administrator to ...

HSBC Premier business up 76 pc

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
HSBC Australia's personal financial services business grew its local customer base by more than 76 per cent in the past 12 months, but pre-tax profits were down compared to the previous year. The local arm saw pre-tax year-on-year profit up 42 per cent ...

RBC Dexia tops custody survey

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... Consultants Global Custody Survey. Overall the Canadian custodian ranked third - representing the sixth consecutive year the company has occupied one of the top three spots in the survey. According to Richard Hogsflesh, managing director of R&M surveys ...