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Can fee-for-service insurance advice work?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... planners get nothing for their time and resources. White said that with people who have no health problems (also called 'clean skins'), it's very easy to structure a fixed fee but not so for those who have complicated health and other finance-related ...

Malware attacks Chinese walls

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... database. According to Austrade, this year records Australia's largest-ever presence at the Expo. Among the events are the Clean Energy mission in May and the two-day Financial Services Summit in June. Besides one-off events such as the Expo, financial ...

UBS and REST join forces for green infrastructure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... is anticipated that this development will bring immediate economic benefits to the Merredin community while providing a clean, emissions free source of electricity generation for many years to come," noted the website. The UBS International Infrastructure ...

AMP Cap invests in clean tech private equity

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
AMP Capital Investors' Responsible Investment Leaders suite of funds have made an allocation to clean technology private equity assets through its balanced fund. The allocation has been made through a US-based clean tech private equity firm. "[This] ...

Attack of the million-dollar virus

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... attacks are rising, too," said Craig Scroggie, vice president and managing director - Pacific region, for Symantec. The clean-up costs can be in the millions, said Scroggie. "The cost could be the data loss, or if it's about a company's online shopfront ...

AUSCOAL hires data transition manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
AUSCOAL Super has appointed Independent Transition Management (ITM) to help migrate its 60,000 superannuation and pensioner members onto the Bluedoor administration platform. ITM is an independent data specialist that helps clients establish and maintain ...

Australian Ethical taps global smart energy

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... products and services," said Ursula Tonkin, portfolio manager. "Other pure thematic funds only invest in the supply side of clean energy. The dual focus of this trust, both the supply and demand sides of energy use, is what will make it a leader in the ...

Netwealth buys $700m FUA planning firm Bridgeport

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... different financial planning models and practices before buying Bridgeport. "[Bridgeport] is very much process driven and a very clean business that had less than a million dollars of margin lending and less than a million dollars of agri [business]. ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... billions of dollars in bonuses. Because you bowed to pressure from the banks and refused to resolve them or force them to clean up their balance sheets and clean out the management, you have created zombie banks that are only enriching their traders ...

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 ...