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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 ...

ASFA develops standardised super fund data forms

ALEX DUNNIN, HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
Increasing demand for up-to-date super fund performance and asset allocation data has prompted the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) to develop standardised data forms for super funds akin to what has been used by the retail managed funds ...

More data leakage and spam in 2007

US-listed messaging security group, Tumbleweed Communications, which counts Bank of America Securities and JP Morgan Chase & Co as clients, warned that data leakage and spam are among the key IT security threats this year. "The spam problem will continue ...

Multiple super accounts wasting billions in fees: CHOICE

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006
... more practical to make it easier for advisers to help consumers consolidate their accounts and that an industry wide protocol be adopted. The CHOICE recommendations are highly consistent with last week's proposals by the Government to streamline FSR ...

LGSS reaps $6m from SRI

... making decisions about their business that acknowledges the risks of climate change and the requirements of the Kyoto protocol," said Woods. To date, LGSS has shorted companies engaged in gambling, armaments, uranium mining, logging old-growth forests ...

SimCorp starting to make its mark downunder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2006
SimCorp is beginning to make its mark in Australia and around the Asia-Pacific with recent wins in Macquarie and Deutsche bank, knocking over industry heavyweight DSTi's Hi-Port. The latest big mandate win came just a few weeks ago when Deutsche Bank ...

Macq snares RSE license and wholesale BOQ deal

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2006
Macquarie Investment Management Limited (MIML) announced that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has awarded it an RSE license, while Macquarie Margin Lending has signed a wholesale partnership agreement with the Bank of Queensland ...

Gen X and Y oblivious to super choice: Max Super

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2006
Generation X and Y consumers don't understand superannuation and are reluctant to exercise choice, mainly through ignorance, according to a Max Super survey that it says will add weight to proposed super changes to be submitted to government next week. ...

Unisys and Centricom launch enhanced secure online transaction system

Unisys continues its march into Australian wealth management by partnering with Centricom to jointly launch a secure online payments management system. The initiative sees Unisys provide the business processing back-end for the online debit payment ...