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Singapore pushes for online economy

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
... spend big on IT to build an "online economy". IT research firm Ovum has released a fresh report highlighting the predicted uptake of IT services in Singapore, driven by government-led plans to convert admin processes across the public and private sectors ...

Aviva names SMA distribution head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... year according to previous reports. "He will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies that will drive the uptake of Aviva's SMA offering in the market," said Richard Bellis, general manager, distribution. Fechner is a nine-year veteran ...

Less tax on financial advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... "Therefore, the tax deductibility provisions, whether up-front or ongoing, could be revisited in order to encourage the uptake of advice and planning." Streamlining deductibility arrangements for advice could be synchronised with initiatives to allow ...

BT revamps wrap for equities

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... self-managed super fund market and investors' appetite for direct equities. Lastly, Lawrenson believes that there would be a huge uptake of listed securities when the market recovers, and when advisers look to transfer their cash holdings on the BT Wrap ...

Farmers get free advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... counsellors to financial planners just over a year. Susan Grice, FPA Pro Bono Program manager, said the FPA didn't expect a large uptake in the short space of time and is confident greater education and awareness of the program, the number of rural residents ...

GRI sets up Australian base

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... law, Senator Nick Sherry. "My hope is collaboration between the St James Ethics Centre and the GRI will strengthen the uptake of corporate sustainability reporting in Australia."

Climate change rhetoric yet to match investor reality

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... research from. "We are seeing the evidence [for sustainable investing] and have the case studies, but we are not getting the uptake we were expecting," said Fahy. To address the information gap, the report noted, "There is a need to mainstream climate ...

Advisers open doors to $50k clients

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... quite a few different programs together for advisers, including [initiatives] such as our net web cast. And so far the uptake of those have been at record high levels," said Barnwell.

Shift ad budget for Gen Y: Williams

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... demographics such as the 'baby boomers'. "Boomers are certainly coming online, once they get comfortable with the technology their uptake in use is exponential," she said. However, Williams stressed the need to get the message right. "If boomers and ...

BGI targets adviser iShare apathy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... platforms, overall, are not well equipped to provide direct share trading, which could go someway to explaining the lacklustre uptake of ETFs. "Typically the dealer groups from a software perspective they've been awfully good at managed funds but awfully ...