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Cloud computing still a foggy idea

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
Banks and other financial services companies are among the early adopters of cloud computing but when it comes to the nitty-gritty of it, many are stuck in a haze, new research shows. In a survey of more than 300 companies covering key business sectors ...

Cash lifelines still strong

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Investor sentiment might be perking up as global market rebounds continue, but cash holdings are still at decade highs and climbing, new figures from Merrill Lynch show. Cash positions in Europe have reached their highest levels since 2001, with 42 ...

Motorcycle diaries

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
From fund managers to top financial planners, some of the industry's biggest guns have one thing in common with their passion for finance - riding motorbikes. Motorcycling is often a hit and miss exercise. You either fall in love with it, or you don't. ...

Liar, liar, hedge funds on fire

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
Rogue hedge funds will lie, cheat and connive to get investor money, and while the regulators lack muscle to stop them, there are ways for pension funds to quickly spot the next Madoff. Professor Stephen Brown, a top academic who presented at a hearing ...

PE firm invests $49m in renewable energy

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
US-based private equity firm, Global Environment Fund, has completed its $49 million investment in the Indian-based clean energy provider, Greenko PLC. Greenko is one of India's largest independent power producer that focuses exclusively on renewable ...

Costello joins Future Fund board

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... culture of excellence and market focus in pursuit of the board's mandate," said Murray. But Costello's appointment has drawn fire from high profile figures, including former treasurer and Prime Minister Paul Keating. An ABC news report yesterday noted ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... stronger at noon, albeit off its early peak, after better than expected economic growth numbers in the US overnight put a fire under the market. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 55 points, or 1.2 per cent, at 4629.7 while the broader ...

Sucked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
Sucked in...again! Who was? Is? Will be? As the Dow Jones Industrials Index flips and flops on both side of the 10K divide, talk of a 'sucker's rally' have resurfaced. But it could also easily be a 'sucker's correction.' Readers who have been following ...

GFP snaps up Timbercorp assets

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
... billion. GFP's director of Asia Pacific investments, Michael Edgar, said ABP's immediate priorities would be to implement fire protection plans, resume cultivation and maintenance programs and reactivate sales strategies. "All existing staff will be ...

Super fund exec pay under fire

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
With shareholders in revolt about excessive remuneration pay of listed companies despite the market fallout, the focus is now on the remuneration pay of super fund executives, with WA Treasurer Troy Buswell reportedly attempting to block the chief exec ...