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The seventh week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... destruction in Christchurch and the disruptions to Australian, New Zealand and South American flights caused by the ash cloud from the eruption of Chile's Puyehue volcano, and many would have panicked into selling from watching the their equity monitor ...

Financial services feel cloud benefit

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
A shift towards cloud computing has resulted in significant return on investment, according to a Bloomberg technology survey of financial services companies. Over one hundred chief information officers and technology decision makers from major financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... while in Paris the CAC 40 fell 0.72 per cent to 3,989.82 points. The storm over the IMF chief's sex assault case threw a cloud over a European finance ministers' meeting, where ministers discussed Portugal's bailout and further possible aid to Greece ...

Super trustees new cloud solution

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... Superannuation Trustees (AIST). The Trustee Office Solution, launched by the IQ Business Group Australia, can be hosted as a cloud application and aims to improve standards by automating governance requirements for trustees, recording board meeting items ...

Industry still lagging on green IT

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... opportunities still to be realised," said Alison Rowe, global sustainability executive director, Fujitsu Group. Data centres, cloud computing and paperless offices are key areas of development, while some companies, including Suncorp, are understood ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
The Australian market is set for heavy falls when it opens on Thursday with world markets again diving due to fears of a nuclear crisis in Japan. On the ASX 24 at 0733 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was down 76 points at 4,491, indicating ...

Yesterday today tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... fit yesterday's spin - that Wall Street is doomed! Bloomberg even quoted "experts" to bring home the point. ""There's a cloud over the market," said Burt White, who helps oversee $284 billion as chief investment officer at LPL Financial Corp. in Boston." ...

A QEasy road ahead for investors

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
The US Federal Reserve's recent decision to employ a second round Quantitative Easing could be the catalyst for another downturn in markets, according to a leading strategist. Matthew Sherwood, Perpetual's head of investment markets research, told Financial ...

Clouds gather in financial services

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
Financial services software group IQ Business Group (IQ) responds to regulatory concerns against 'cloud computing' in financial services and says the widespread use of cloud systems is a sign of the times. IQ came forward after the Australian Prudential ...

APRA cautions against cloud computing

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has expressed its concern of the use of cloud computing in the financial services industry. In a letter written to the industry, APRA clearly advises all deposit-taking institutions (ADIs), general ...