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Fin services firms eye green IT

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
Financial services firms may become more sustainable after a study found around nine in 10 senior IT executives are talking about adopting a green IT strategy. A green IT strategy is designed to make a firm's computing resources more efficient by using ...

Insurance broker caught for fraud

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
Consumers, be warned. ASIC has caught one insurance broker selling insurance products but not passing on the fees to the insurer, which meant his clients didn't get the appropriate insurance cover. Stolen premiums, dodgy insurance - Anthony John Ryan ...

Deutsche commits to CSR

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
Deutsche Bank's corporate social responsibility activities may have reached more than $140 million last year, but the firm is taking its strategy to another level in 2009. The firm's latest Corporate Social Responsibility Report detailed how the multi-million ...

FLEXCUBE helps London and Middle East

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
Oracle's financial services software product FLEXCUBE now counts the Bank of London and The Middle East plc among its newest clients. Oracle, which has National Australia Bank among its clientele, recently announced that Bank of London and the largest ...

Aviva flies ETF flag

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
Aviva has added exchange traded funds (ETFs) to its retirement product offerings. Aviva has added several new options to the shares listing including ETFs, listed investment companies, interest rate securities, instalment warrants, and all shares on ...

Raise SG to 15 pc: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
A survey found that seven out of 10 working Australians believe that their Superannuation Guarantee (SG) contributions should be raised to 15 per cent, lending support to industry associations that have long lobbied for higher SG. Mercer's SG Opinion ...

Regulators call for better OTC derivatives processing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
APRA, ASIC and the RBA have released a report that identifies where major fund managers and super funds can improve in terms of how they manage OTC derivatives in the wake of the credit crisis. This month the regulators and the RBA released the findings ...

Simulate my super: ING

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
ING Australia has launched its Super Simulator aimed at corporate super members. The Super Simulator is an interactive retirement calculator which also combines education to help superannuation members understand their super. Mark Pankhurst, head of ...

Russell revamps structure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
Russell Investments has restructured along five global services lines that will work collaboratively with the firm's regional offices to deliver a better service to Australian based clients. The revised structure means Russell Investments will operate ...

Baby boomers eye income equity

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
Tyndall's newest offering, the six-month old Tyndall Australian Share Income Fund, has won a place in three major platforms - signalling baby boomers' increasing appetite for income equity strategies. Craig Hobart, head of retail at Tyndall Investment ...