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Industrial espionage turns viral

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
The financial services industry could face more threats of industrial espionage online through malicious software technology often associated with credit card fraud, warns an IT security expert. At a time when banks, fund managers and super funds already ...

Danger signs ahead but bargain stocks a-plenty: Faber

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
Leading contrarian investor Dr. Marc Faber wears his "ultra bearish" cap in his Australian visit, predicting another financial crisis could happen in the next five to 10 years - but even that doesn't mean there aren't any investment opportunities, particularly ...

CFD demand rises with equities recovery

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
Contracts for Difference (CFDs) are staging a comeback and, in the last 12 months, there was a power shift among the largest players too, new research found. Research firm Investment Trends released its latest annual report on the sector, canvassing ...

AXA Asia Pac half year net profit up 187pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
AXA Asia Pacific Holdings posted half-year net profit after income tax and non-recurring items of $270.4 million, nearly treble the $94.2 million recorded the same time last year - "strong results" underpinned by the group's revenue bias towards the ...

Intra-fund advice relief opens super funds to lawsuits

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
Super funds run the risk of giving their fund members damaging financial advice if they don't address the "hidden traps" that come with the new intra-fund advice rules, warns a planning expert. Last month the federal government endorsed ASIC's decision ...

QIC chair Rowe exits

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
The departure of Trevor Rowe as chair and board member at fund manager QIC tops a string of senior management exits at the firm. Rowe said in a press statement that he would not be seeking another term when his current term expires in September, relinquishing ...

UK pension and fundies to drive long-termism

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
UK pension funds and fund managers risk falling foul of their regulators if they don't "mandate" the companies they invest in to focus on long-term shareholder value, according to the Walker Review. The review, an independent audit of corporate governance ...

Gen-Y in a bottle

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
Banks and super funds run the risk of losing their Gen-Y members, who will represent half of their membership base in 10 years' time, if they don't drastically change their communication channels today. Rocky Scopelliti, a senior executive at Telstra ...

Regnan names head of engagement

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
Regnan has recruited CSR and climate change expert Julie Taylor-Mills as the new head of engagement. Taylor-Mills returns to Australian after four years working in the UK, where she consulted for Jupiter Asset Management, Futerra and the Climate Project. ...

Epoch wins record $1.35bn equities mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
US-based Epoch Investment Partners has scored a $1.35 billion mandate from a subsidiary of New York Life, one of the largest mutuals in the US, suggesting that free cash flow (FCF) investing is attracting major inflows after the GFC. Epoch has just ...