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Legacy systems cause super funds to rethink op models

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... capabilities, along with associated pre- and post-trade compliance, as well as performance and attribution, and risk analytics to complete the picture." Efficient consolidation of all externally managed funds to allow executives and managers within the ...

FTSE index launch for insto investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... strategies. Partnered with CDP and ENDS Carbon, the four new indices focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) analytics, index construction and weighting methodologies to reduce long-term investment risks of climate change for investors. ...

BetaShares appoints new head of portfolio construction

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... portfolio construction strategy. He'll also be educating advisers and SMSF trustees on exchange traded funds (ETF) and analytics. As well as setting up two businesses including Alpha Financial Products and LPAC Online, Rumble's former roles include legal ...

Volatile markets spark innovation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... crisis is an increasing demand for transparency;" said Peter Zangari, managing director and head of portfolio management analytics at MSCI. "As a manager you need to understand ongoing risk on a daily basis including which stocks in the portfolio represent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... expected to announce Monday that they have failed to reach an agreement on budget cuts," said Ryan Sweet of Moody's Analytics. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 248.02 points (2.10 per cent) to 11,548.14 in closing trade. The broad-based S&P ...

Tyndall creates roles, adds new investment heads

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... multi-manager global equities strategy and its diversified funds range. Prior to Tyndall, Mullins worked in performance, risk analytics and security valuation with Challenger. Building out its investment teams, Tyndall has created two new investment ...

Challenger creates new investment head

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... Additionally, Stewart provided portfolio analysis for Commonwealth Bank of Australia institutional clients and in investment analytics at AMP. "We are delighted to appoint an experienced research professional to help strengthen and lead our managed funds ...

Behaviour key to increased insurance sales

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... behavior people exhibit," said Jordan. While many people within the industry recognise the need to go beyond the clinical analytics that often prevail in the financial services industry, they often lack the tools to do so, said Jordan. The key to behavioral ...

Super funds mindshift imperative

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... keeping them. That is a fundamental mindshift for a lot of the funds." As a result, super funds are investing in member analytics to understand their member base, such as introducing defensive mechanisms to counter members who may want to leave for the ...

Software helps financial advisers pin down most valuable clients

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... technology for COIN and web, said COIN would provide real insight into planning practices, with a dashboard rich in analytics. Planning practices and advisers who join the system will have their client information integrated with COIN Office. COIN then ...