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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 ...

AXA Aus launches adviserweb

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... available. Security is a key issue, said Cimino, which is why information are still stored in main servers as opposed to being cloud-based, the technical term for storing information on the web. The site has an auto-save function, which means advisers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... August. In company news, Optus Business acting managing director Rob Parcell is to provide an update on Optus enterprise cloud computing launch in Sydney. Virgin Blue chief executive John Borghetti is set to speak at a Financial Services Council luncheon ...

Singapore: the cloud computing hub

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Not content with dominating financial services, Singapore is emerging as the cloud-computing hub for the Asia Pacific region, according to new research. Cloud computing enables a financial services company to access its IT applications through the web ...

Moving forward with Gillard

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... Whiteley, chief executive of the Industry super Network, welcomed an end to the political stalemate, which he said had placed a cloud over the progression of much needed superannuation reforms. Meanwhile, John Brodgen, chief executive of the Financial ...

Solaris struggles to find local gems

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
... Management, said the investment team is finding it difficult to find alpha in the local market as macroeconomic issues continue to cloud prospects for many businesses. Donohue said news from debt-ridden Europe and US are making it hard to pick well-priced ...

Usual uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
"Unusually uncertain" indeed! Flat, flat, flat. This is how the most major equity markets from Asia to Europe to Wall Street finished the past 24 hours. Some closed a little bit higher, others a tad lower, most just flatlined. Because of the "unusually ...