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More data leakage and spam in 2007

US-listed messaging security group, Tumbleweed Communications, which counts Bank of America Securities and JP Morgan Chase & Co as clients, warned that data leakage and spam are among the key IT security threats this year. "The spam problem will continue ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly weaker on the back of a poor lead from the US. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0654 AEDT, the March share price index contract was down one point to 5992. On the corporate front today, QBE Insurance ...

BT partners to cut platform costs

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
BT has launched BT Wrap Advantage, a new initiative which will deliver improved services and efficiencies to advisers and participating fund managers and lowers platform costs for the 75,000 users of the $31 billion platform. BT has worked with 15 participating ...

Tyndall beefs up EPiC

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2007
Tyndall has released an upgrade to its free interactive web based tool, the Efficient Portfolio Constructor (EPiC). EPiC assists advisers to create and optimise portfolios containing managed funds. Advisers are able to get detailed information on performance ...

AMP FP to call 35,000 over switching advice

AMP Financial Planning (AMP FP) said it will review the superannuation switching advice it gave to around 35,000 clients, revised up from an earlier estimate of 7,000, as part of its enforceable undertaking (EU) entered into last year. Coinciding with ...

DFS fee model a winner

DFS Advisory Services, a planning group spun-off from accounting firm Deloitte five years ago, has adopted a fee-for-service model that is proving a hit with high net worth investors. The group inherited the proprietary 'fee matrix' created by Deloitte ...

SEQUAL defends advisers on reverse mortgages

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
The Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) has hit back at claims made by the Members Equity Bank that advisers will sell reverse mortgages in order to pocket the commission. Kieren Dell, SEQUAL executive director, responded ...

LGSS paints $400m in property green

The Local Government Superannuation Scheme (LGSS) is planning to implement a Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) policy across its $400 million property portfolio, a step change that other super funds could soon follow as environmental issues ...

Two-thirds of RMBS bonds going to overseas investors

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
More than two-thirds of the $5.9 billion of mortgage backed securities the Commonwealth Bank plans to issue in the next couple of weeks will go into the portfolios of offshore investors. Aussie dollar securities are in demand overseas, especially since ...

Just debit it: Centricom

Australian owned online debit service provider Centricom could soon give credit card companies a run for their money by introducing an online shopping payment option that is cheaper and more consumer-friendly. Centricom is the company behind POLi (Pay ...