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Clouds gather in financial services

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
Financial services software group IQ Business Group (IQ) responds to regulatory concerns against 'cloud computing' in financial services and says the widespread use of cloud systems is a sign of the times. IQ came forward after the Australian Prudential ...

Insurance drives new client wins: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
An annual financial adviser survey shows that nearly half of advisers' total risk income this year came from new clients, giving fresh evidence that risk-related advice is core to a typical financial planning business. The CoreData Risk Study 2010 ...

Maritime offers fixed term investment option

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
Maritime Super is launching a new fixed term investment option next month - a strategy normally associated with retail super funds, and arguably the first of its kind introduced by an industry fund. The fixed term investment option works like a fixed ...

Shareholder activism at the Future Fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
The increasingly activist approach of the Future Fund has been further reinforced after it voted against all three resolutions proposed at the Telstra AGM on Friday. The fund's board of governors voted against a proposal to appoint Nora Scheinkestel ...

Nation's first solar fund launched

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
Fund manager and capital adviser, Moss Capital, has launched $100 million solar energy fund. The first of its kind in Australia, the solar fund targets commercial and industrial scale solar projects with simple and inert assets for investment, in particular ...

Fund manager challenges 'avoid' rating

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
Morningstar gave Alphinity's Concentrated Australian fund an 'avoid' rating citing concerns about the fee structure - but Challenger, which has a stake in the boutique, questioned the report calling the comments "emotional rather than logical". The ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
The Australian share market edged into positive territory in intra-day trading on light volumes as big investors sat on the sidelines awaiting more market direction. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 6.4 points, or 0.14 per cent, at ...

Instos want more rewards for low-carbon assets

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
A group statement signed by 259 global investors, with collective assets totalling over US$15 trillion, calls for stronger policies to incentivise more private capital going into sustainable investments The group statement expresses concern for "risks ...

ISN renews push for 12pc SG

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
The Industry Super Network (ISN) has reiterated its call for the superannuation guarantee (SG) to be lifted to 12 per cent, and is hopeful the policy will receive unanimous approval in parliament. "There is broad community agreement in favour (of 12 ...

Fin services execs earn big bucks

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
The financial services industry's top executives continue to be among the best paid professionals, according to the Australian Financial Review's latest executive salary review. Alongside the usual suspects - including chief executives of the big 4 ...