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Asian retail banks set to spend 5.1% more on tech

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... prolific spenders on technology. At the same time, costumers in the region are among the fastest adopters of new technologies and are already using online banking services, which are increasingly done through smartphone applications. There's expected ...

Adviser-client communication directly linked to profits: survey

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... Sciarrone said. To Business Health partner Terry Bell, "it's not a matter of how big the company is because today new technologies allow any adviser to establish a communication plan without incurring big costs." Clients ranked "communication" the third ...

Magellan wins $3bn milestone mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... invests in 25 companies and focuses on the United States recovery, the growth of the consumer market in China and new technologies. "Positive signs in the US such as unemployment recovering, growing activity in the housing market and the consumer sentiment ...

Green, green grass of home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... higher productivity, they see "big economic dividend as its massive reserves of shale gas," they see that America own technologies in high growth areas, they see US companies that are "protected in their home market and supercharged in export markets ...

Advice tech more than back office tool: JP Morgan

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... Americans to better engage with their pension plans. Cameron O'Sullivan, a director of scaled advice specialist Provisio Technologies said that focusing on backward-looking performance figures had failed to engage members and advisers would be wise to ...

Insto investors confront liquidity crunch

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... investment complexity. "These are industry challenges that must be met head on with increased transparency and new technologies to help investors manage complex exposures while remaining focused on generating returns," she said. Two-thirds of the asset ...

Ex-Macq banker to head up Govt clean energy fund

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... putting its own, as well as private sector cash, into renewable energy, low-emission and energy efficient projects and technologies in Australia. It will make its own investment decisions and operate with little assistance from the Federal Budget, the ...

CareSuper scoops SelectingSuper awards

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... results and persistency of performance. "We are on the cusp of the next chapter in superannuation, shaped by new technologies, new regulation and new consumer expectations," said Christopher Page, managing director, Rainmaker. "It is at this juncture ...

Bad everywhere news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... have beaten earnings forecasts, according to Thomson Reuters data". "Outlooks have been weak as well. DuPont, United Technologies and 3M Co (MMM.N) all cut their outlooks on Tuesday." "Overall earnings for S&P 500 companies are expected to fall 2.5 percent ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... plummeting, with DuPont losing 9.1 per cent on its earnings plunge. Weak reports and guidance from DuPont, United Technologies, UPS, Xerox, Radio Shack and 3M reinforced views that the US corporate earnings boom is stalling, sending buyers toward the ...