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BlackRock to focus on model-based fixed income inv

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... utilise a vast array of research techniques to ensure robust and accurate model estimation and use a number of software technologies to collect and process large amounts of data. Models, he added, can continuously incorporate investment insights from ...

IAS renews partnership with SS&C

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... Administration Services (IAS) has renewed its affiliation with global financial services software provider, SS&C Technologies through the use of the firm's Global Wealth Platform to support its managed account business. The platform is a web-based portfolio ...

Macquarie invests in mobile apps for advisers/brokers

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... 2011. Tony Graham, head of Macquarie Adviser Services, said that advisers and mortgage brokers rely more on mobile technologies to help them access information and run their businesses, and Macquarie is supporting this trend by increasing its presence ...

Provisio SOA tool can test 'reasonable basis'

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
Provisio Technologies has released a comparison tool that it said can compare super funds and prepare statements of advice which are compliant with the 'reasonable basis' clause. The comparison tool lets advisors evaluate super switching options for ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... of more turmoil in Europe. Commodities, industrial equipment makers and banks led the market higher, while United Technologies was the Dow's only loser, falling 0.3 per cent after announcing a new $US1.0 billion ($A1.01 billion) capital raising move. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... of more turmoil in Europe. Commodities, industrial equipment makers and banks led the market higher, while United Technologies was the Dow's only loser, falling 0.3 per cent after announcing a new $1.0 billion capital raising move. At the close, the ...

Changing CIO and COO roles need recognition

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... under management increase and the investment environment becomes more complex. Keeping abreast of new investment technologies and strategies, structural shifts in markets and regulatory changes come alongside added requirements to engage in internal ...

Advisers should focus on cost of advice

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... scrutiny on the cost of providing advice per client as the industry moves toward fee for service, according to Provisio Technologies. Planning businesses may struggle to accurately pin down service costs per client with most businesses having likely ...

Bendigo Wealth opts for scaled advice ahead of FOFA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... wealth markets at Bendigo Wealth. "We are determined to close the advice gap." Bendigo Wealth worked with Provisio Technologies on the new capability to assist planners give advice more efficiently via a phone-based model. "We recognise that FOFA and ...

Retail advice industry needs new models

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... service C&D clients in a fee-for-service environment if they are to remain competitive, said director of Provisio Technologies, Cameron O'Sullivan. "Advisers are going to need one of two things - a system that allows them to deal with simple transactions ...