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Fund managers rate Aust equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... artificially high Australian dollar, while structural changes such as changing consumer sentiment and the rise of internet technologies is also affecting the local sharemarket, according to Martin Conlon, head of Australian Equities, fund manager Schroders. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... November and the Australian industry Group/Deloitte releases its national CEO report on business investment in new technologies. In equities news, Fortescue Metals Group posts its second quarter production report and Rio Tinto Ltd posts its fourth quarter ...

Carbon Tax provides certainty for companies needing to change

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... they'll have to manage. Some of them have limited technical options to abate emissions because of the nature of the technologies." The companies expected to feel the force of the Carbon Tax include electricity wholesalers, resources companies and energy ...

Janus manager launches insto volatility funds

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
Janus Capital subsidiary Enhanced Investment Technologies aims to provide consistent returns with the introduction of two new absolute volatility equity strategies to the Australian institutional market. The Low Volatility and Managed Volatility strategies ...

Zurich builds retail risk with new appt

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... developing new strategies for existing accounts in addition to the creation of new adviser products, services and technologies where Zurich has been actively moving into new territory such as its recent launch of a Zurich iPad app. Prior to CommInsure ...

Conversation the key to speeding up SOA

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... the statements of advice (SOA) while in conversation with a client, said Cameron O'Sullivan, director of Provisio Technologies. "The superannuation funds are an interesting case study here and it's important to remember that most super funds are using ...

New risk technologies shifting industry power

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
New technologies are empowering individual investors to assess the risk of their investments through institutions, as post trade management enables real time data on asset exposure. Large banks and other financial institutions have invested far more ...

Super fund to give financial advice with technology

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
Industry superannuation fund VicSuper will next week begin using a "rapid advice engine" from Provisio Technologies to deliver single-issue financial advice to members. VicSuper said yesterday that basic financial advice on contributions, investment ...

Praemium appoints new CEO as platform business booms

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... joining Boston Consulting Group and later becoming chief executive officer at Vision BioSystems and then Genetic Technologies. Ohanessian will work closely to help with the expansion of Praemium's UK team, while Stammer also sees great growth potential ...

Ascalon fund cashes in on low carbon world

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... geothermal energy with a particular focus on energy efficiency, energy storage, electric vehicles and clean building technologies. Geoff Evison, Arkx managing director, said the fund would give long-term Australian investors exposure to the fast expansion ...