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SELECT guides investors to managed futures

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
SELECT Asset Management highlights the diversification benefits and potential to generate strong returns in down equity markets of managed futures in a new information guide for retail investors.

Westpac's Kelly signs UN water mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
Westpac chief executive Gail Kelly is steering one of Australia's largest banking and wealth management groups to a more sustainable future when she signed the United National Global Compact (UNGC) CEO Water Mandate.

Term deposits competition heats up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
Competition between financial institutions to provide the most appealing term deposit or cash product is mounting as investors remain cautious on domestic equity markets.

Women dropping out of financial services

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
The Australian financial services industry is losing the war for talent and may not be able to maintain its growth if it is not able to turn the situation around. Its biggest failing has been its inability to attract women with tertiary qualifications ...

Netwealth hatches baby wrap

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
Platform provider netwealth Investments launched its Investor Rewards Program that allows investors access to a cost efficient 'baby wrap' style investment menu.

Securitor adds BBV to network

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
St George Bank financial planning dealer group, Securitor, extends its network on the eastern seaboard after Coffs Harbour and Nerang based BBV Wealth Management joined the group.

BNY Mellon taps distressed debt

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
Struggling telecommunication companies, bankrupt banks, airports under duress - the sub-prime crisis has increased the number of distressed debt companies, providing more opportunities for the Mellon Recovery Fund.

S&P place Advance Asian fund 'on hold'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
Standard & Poor's downgraded Advance Asian Equity fund from four stars to 'on hold' after the fund replaced its underlying investment manager, Maple-Brown Abbott, to Lion Global Investors.

See-through IMAs buffer market sting

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
Dalton Nicol Reid clients are hunkering down for a year of negative returns - but the specialist portfolio manager said they were well-informed ahead of the financial year-end due to the transparency of individually managed accounts (IMAs).

Intech rebrands

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
Intech Investments has undergone a rebranding exercise that incorporates new corporate colours under the Old Mutual banner.