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Unexpected impact of tech on US monetary policy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
Innovation and new technologies are having a profound impact on the global recovery, helping to ease inflationary pressure and easing the pressure on the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy. That was one conclusion reached by 85 BlackRock investment ...

Scale drove CalPERS hedge fund move

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... exposures greater than 10%: Commonwealth Super Corporation, Local Government Super Scheme, Club Super and the United Technologies Corporation Retirement Plan. The Future Fund Management Agency allocation to hedge funds is meanwhile 14% of the funds it ...

New players need support to enter financial services: Coles

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... announced a joint venture with GE Capital to provide credit cards and personal loan products, including new payment technologies such as the Coles Mobile Wallet. The joint venture is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to start operations ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... summer, with a long holiday weekend looming. On the Dow, UnitedHealth led gainers, adding 1.5 per cent, while United Technologies topped the loser column down 0.5 per cent. In tech shares, Apple gained 1.2 per cent, Facebook shed 1.8 per cent, and Google ...

MDAs allow small players to act as large instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... (MDA) allows small investment players to act as if they had the scale of the industry's large institutions, SS&C Technologies head of Australia and New Zealand Nadine Moore said. Speaking at the inaugural Financial Standard Managed Accounts Forum in ...

Advisers eye opportunity in identity theft protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... and Zurich Insurance found. The figure is expected to grow significantly as consumers increasingly rely on data-led technologies, including RFID chips that are used by 'tap and go' credit cards, passports and mobile electronic devices. The US Department ...

BT launches Avaloq-powered platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... platform supported by Zurich-based IT company Avaloq's Banking Suite. Avaloq is providing what it described as the "core technologies" for BT's new Panorama operating system. The Swiss company said its system will replace "as many as seven heritage systems ...

Dynamic approach key to low volatility investing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... a recent seminar in Sydney, Mercer director of portfolio construction research Nick White, Enhanced Institute of Technologies chief executive and CIO Adrian Banner and MFS Investment Management institutional portfolio manager Dino Davis warned that low ...

Allianz launches cyber risk insurance product

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... Allianz has partnered with global consultants KMPG Forensic, Dell SecureWorks, Incoming Thought Ltd and E-merging Technologies Group Inc to provide this market-leading level of claims support.

Wealth management sector key to Australian growth: Deloitte

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... of customers," he said. Brown explained that Australia's industry has honed its asset management skills and built technologies that appeal to investors.A He said: "Combined with strong regulation and a relatively stable policy framework focused on wealth ...