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Super funds at risk of cyber crime

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
Superannuation funds risk losing their member's details to identity thieves if they don't protect their systems, internet security firm Pure Hacking said today. Ty Miller, chief technology officer of the ethical hacking security and testing firm, said ...

Foreign shocks sparks IT scrutiny

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... of Alphaserve's hedge fund clients operate in Australia, with Sydney branches, and it also supports one of the largest internet service providers in the southern hemisphere. The company said the superannuation industry usually lags the big banks in disaster ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... 57.54 points (2.10 per cent) to 2,802.51. Solid earnings from Dow blue chips Intel, IBM and United Technologies, and from internet giant Yahoo!, helped to ignite buying in the Easter holiday-shortened week. The markets will be closed on Friday. The S&P ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... Composite rose just 4.43 points (0.16 per cent) to 2764.65 as Google shares lost more than eight per cent of their value. The internet giant's earnings on Thursday came in slightly below Wall Street expectations, dragged down by rising operating expenses. ...

Fund manager takes social media to next level

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... investor that determines whether we should communicate with them through social media, it's their comfort level with the internet." "The demographics of our users range from GenY to Baby Boomers and beyond, people are used to doing everything online ...

Fund managers eye 'cheap' Japan

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... with a market cap of over $450 million and EV/EBIT of 4.4x, remarkably low compared to similar assets in other markets. Internet companies are also priced cheaply. "It is a trade off between value and growth but we think that these are cheaper investments ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... analysts' expectations. Its stock rose 3 per cent after more customers signed up for a combination of TV, high-speed internet access and digital phone services. Deere & Co rose two per cent after the equipment maker said its net income more than doubled ...

Self-directed investors challenge industry giants

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... scale to provide unbeatable products and services and use their own distribution networks to reach their clients. But the internet has added a new dimension to the competitive landscape, driving costs down so that smaller players can compete with the ...

Mobile internet tools take flight

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
From iPads to the BlackBerry Playbook, global shipments of portable internet devices based on "lite" operating systems will hit 150 million per year in four years - making it more important than ever that advisers get on board the tech revolution. New ...

Plum pickings in international equities: K2

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... equities are still high." Areas he believes could do well include stocks leveraged to secular themes such as the mobile internet, multinationals servicing emerging markets and emerging battery technology. He also believes US domestic cyclicals could ...