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New tech counters terrorist attacks

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
Logica has created a new software that helps prevent funds from being used by terrorists, reduces risk and provides cost-effective compliance for investment managers and banks. Tech company Logica recently launched HotScan Plus - an automated transaction ...

The hedge that saves

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
Global insurers that invested heavily in so-called 'investment guarantee' products escaped the brunt of the liquidity crisis, giving actuarial firm Milliman the idea to explore how the same strategy could work for mums-and-dads investors in Australia. ...

UBS taps into Dutch wealth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
Global investment bank UBS and independent Dutch high net wealth manager, VermogensGroep are joining forces to create one of the largest wealth management firms in the Netherlands. VermogensGroep's core business includes investment management, monitoring ...

SMSFs take up instalment warrants

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
Instalment warrants will become more widely used by self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees as they become familiar with the strategy and banks start providing more products that enable them to do so, according to SuperConcepts. Graeme Colley, ING Australia ...

TAAM signs TPC for Asia fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
Treasury Asia Asset Management (TAAM) partnered with distribution firm, The Private Collection (TPC) to promote its new Asia Fund to dealer groups and advisers and educate them on the region's investment opportunities. Peter Sartori, TAAM chief investment ...

Fujitsu and tradeslot sign carbon mgmt deal

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
Fund managers and super funds at a loss on how to quantify the costs of going carbon neutral or want to analyse their carbon footprint can look to a new carbon management platform developed by IT group tradeslot with the backing of Fujitsu Consulting. ...

Three step advice to commodities

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
If you're thinking of palming a slice of the commodities boom, stop and consider a three pronged alternative strategy that will give you the edge in an SRI-conscious world. Kingsley Jones, international portfolio equities manager at Macquarie Funds ...

Planner buying spree tops $17bn

The latest Rainmaker Research reveals more than $17 billion of funds under advice (FUA) has changed ownership in the last six months, resulting in a major reshuffle of the country's top 10 financial planning groups. The largest deal to date was AXA's ...

Financial Simplicity launches Open Edition

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
Managed account provider Financial Simplicity has released an 'Open Edition' technology toolkit tailored for platforms and distribution groups looking to offer their own managed account products. Financial Simplicity claims its toolkit allows each provider ...

ING IM funds 'on hold' after departures

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
Standard & Poor's placed an 'on hold' rating on various ING Investment Management's funds after four Australian equities portfolio managers, including two directors, resigned from the firm. Departing directors, Paul Cuddy and Mark East as well as two ...