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ASX companies lag on climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
... risk and quantify bottom line impacts in order to remain competitive as new drivers-such as carbon intensity energy efficiency and credit generation capacity-begin to impact company value," Grossman said. Grossman said the Australian market's performance ...

State Street uploads Charles River

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
State Street has incorporated Charles River technology to provide real time market data and improve efficiency for Australian investors seeking more alternative asset classes. Paul Khoury, vice president and head of product services at State Street ...

Skandia gives multi-managers mandates

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
... only through mandates. Skandia's chief executive officer, Ross Laidlaw, said, the move will enhance fund flexibility, efficiency and transparency. "We are always looking at ways to improve our multi-manager products and their performance potential for ...

LG Investments chooses Charles River

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
... access to the Financial Information eXchange (FIX) allowing it to trade with domestic and global markets with greater efficiency. "We recognized that our business required the most flexible and scalable investment management solution to support our growth ...

Lack of automation hikes costs

... biggest global event in IT banking and finance, has found that 40 per cent of survey respondents named operational efficiency and cost reduction as the most pressing issue facing the funds industry. Timothy Keaney, co-chief executive of BNY Mellon Asset ...

MLC launches adviser MAs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
... said is the next step in the evolution of the managed accounts market.. The new features should improve administration efficiency for advisers managing clients' direct shares and managed fund portfolios, enabling them to create, amend and rebalance their ...

Active fund tax burden costs 4pc of returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... have to pay, so it makes a lot of sense for investors to be able to see how their money is being managed from a tax-efficiency perspective," said Bowerman. In separate news, QIC awarded Vanguard a whopping $3 billion in passive mandates partly because ...

Green light over red tape

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007
... in, and the message is clear from all parties - Australia needs to urgently invest in improving infrastructure and efficiency. The State governments' reaction has been to embark on overhauls not just of infrastructure itself, but also the red tape involved ...

Benefits from new super inflows thin on ground

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2007
New products and small increases in efficiency look to be the only benefits superannuation fund members reap from the massive increase in inflows received in the run up to 30 June. Despite inflow increases of over 200 per cent for some funds year-on-year ...

Cranky customers over choked supply chain

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
... its business elsewhere if Australia fails to reinvest some of its resources windfalls in improving infrastructure and efficiency. Meanwhile, our Japanese customers are becoming concerned but not yet threatening to take a hike as in reality they may have ...