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Financial techs eye Microsoft code

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
Financial technology providers are looking to take advantage of Microsoft's decision to publish the operating code of some of its leading products. Steve Ballmer, Microsoft chief executive, said the decision to publish the code was aimed at increasing ...

Instinet launches Chi-X Australia

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... through its high-capabity and low-latency technology, innovative pricing structure, and open Financial Information eXchange protocol-based architecture.

China acts on climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... Mechanism (CDM) fund as part of its strategy to foster and finance projects for climate change. Inline with its Kyoto Protocol obligations, China's CDM fund was launched last week and will use revenue from the country's carbon trading to invest in climate ...

Bravura and Perpetual develop new SOA package

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
Bravura Solutions has teamed up with Perpetual to develop a new Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) compliant application, Sonata Business Services. Developed with Perpetual as part of its Unit Registry consolidation project, the software will be available ...

Messaging transactions for 12 cents: SWIFT

In two weeks' time, fourteen of the country's leading financial institutions including BT, Barclays and JPMorgan will finish a pilot program that promises to slash messaging transaction fees from around $25 per transaction to 12 cents. Early last month ...

Morgan Stanley launches carbon bank

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
... emissions inventory and calculate their carbon 'footprint' by applying the monitoring standards of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative, a standard adopted by the European Unions Emissions Trading Scheme. Morgan Stanley and DNV review the inventories ...

On the sub-prime defensive

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
Sub-prime fallout and more than a little paranoia has hit markets hard in recent weeks leading some investors with exposure, and others with none, to become defensive. Reserve Bank Governor, Glenn Stevens, had raised concerns over local councils' heavy ...

Not made in China

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
Profits from China's export boom are driving investment and fuelling its phenomenal economic growth, but while the price is right, quality issues go far beyond a toxic toy story. Manufacturing remains China's main growth driver, attributable to its ...

Councils exposed

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2007
Almost a year ago, when local councils started developing an appetite for Collateralised Debt Obligations (CDOs) after tasting their higher yields, concerns were raised over their involvement these kind of riskier investments. Now, with many CDOs exposed ...

SWIFT protocols to slash transaction fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
Message transaction processing fees for investment managers, custodians and super funds could be slashed from an average $22 down to just 20 cents if they adopt the new SWIFTNet Funds protocols. SWIFT, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications ...