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Nothing happened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
There's some peace and quiet around financial markets overnight. There was no news convincing enough to direct investor traffic one way or another. But the blogomentaries on Wall Street this morning has got my goose. You don't have to go pass Bloomberg's ...

Govt provides reverse mortgage guarantees

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
The Federal Government has made its first move in the race to fiscally manage the ageing population, with the release of draft legislation to increase protection around reverse mortgages. Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation ...

AMP embeds AXA management into new structure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
AMP again vowed to put quality financial advice at its heart after establishing a new eight division business structure for AMP Financial Services (AFS). AMP has put a new management team in place, effective August 1, ahead of its results announcement ...

Zurich launches program to match demographic trends

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
Zurich has kick-started the new financial year, releasing a fully formed insurance offering designed for greater client retention and hybrid policy cover, with plans for new applications within weeks. Assessing its policyholder trends, Zurich found ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly lower today, after Wall Street eased overnight on lingering concerns over debt on both sides of the Atlantic. At 0701 AEST, the local September share price index futures contract was down seven ...

New mandate flows increasing but more cash lies in wait

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
Fund mandate appointments have increased to 582 in the year to March recovering to normal levels from the shock of the global financial crisis, latest research from Rainmaker Information shows. The latest edition of Rainmaker's Mandate Chaser has revealed ...

AllianceBernstein bullish on molecular medicine

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
AllianceBernstein predicts molecular medicine will rival the emergence of digital information as a disruptive force and has allocated 10% of its thematic portfolios to associated companies such as DNA sequencing and molecular diagnostics firms. While ...

Bravura launches mobile super site

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
Wealth management technology supplier Bravura Solutions has launched a new superannuation fund website to enable members to engage with super through mobile phones. The site is enabled by Bravura's online super product ePASS and is available on all ...

New software simplifies front office broking

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
Technology services firm GBST has launched new software it says will simplify client relationship management for the Australian broking industry. GBST FrontOffice allows brokers to view all client information including portfolio value, cash balance ...

150 analysts in your pocket

RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
Advisers and executives can ask a team of 150 analysts for insights through their Android smart phones after a technology upgrade from telecoms analyst firm Ovum, the technology company said. Ovum's PocketAnalyst tool was previously only available on ...