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IRESS acquires UK software firm Avelo

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
... current IRESS UK managing director Mark Thelwell will be responsible for the positioning of its XPLAN software in the UK market.

Standard Life Inv GARS manager in shock exit

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... multi-asset investing and fixed income at the firm, Munro was instrumental in developing the strategy behind one of the UK market's fastest selling investments of recent years. Since its launch in 2006 and under the stewardship of Munro, the GARS fund ...

Islamic finance forum to discuss Shariah growth opps

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
The Amanie Australian Islamic Finance Forum will be held at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Melbourne on 16 April. Amanie Advisors Australia has recently become one of the first specialist Shariah advisory bodies to be granted an AFSL licence this country. ...

Second UK client for IRESS

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... selection of IRESS and XPLAN by Towry is important as it underlines the competitiveness and relevance of XPLAN in the UK market, and continues our progress in the region," he said. The technology provider this morning announced its full year results ...

Sukuk demand to reach US$900bn in five years

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
Global demand for Sukuk is forecast to triple from US$300 billion to US$900 billion by 2017, according to recently released estimates from Ernst & Young. Conventional institutions are increasingly demanding Shari'a compliant securities alongside Islamic ...

Low cost pensions to shake-up UK market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
The UK pension fund market is in for a shake-up with a new breed of low cost operators entering the fray with fees from 0.3% pa plus a weekly admin charge. Attracting their interest is that the UK is already the world's largest annuity market, accounting ...

Omnium launches Android life insurance app

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... all Android smartphones and tablets. Omnium recently released the first iPhone life insurance quotation app into the UK market.

Carbon-tilted indices planned for Aust

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
Australia will receive new carbon-tilted indices early next year which use an overweighting/underweighting strategy based on exposure to climate change risk as used in UK markets. David Harris, director of Responsible Investment, FTSE Group, told Financial ...

Fidessa expands Aust presence in time for Chi-X

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... Standard that brokers and investment banks could learn from similar developments elsewhere in the world. Grob said the UK market was unprepared for this situation when a new trading system was introduced around fives years ago, however the ASX has taken ...

CFSGAM looks to capitalise on multi-asset demand

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has strengthened its investment solutions business in Asia and Australia, responding to increasing demand for multi asset funds. CFSGAM has appointed three Dutch senior investment professionals from ...