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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 ...

Trust Company benefiting from global flows

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... the current under performance of investment markets. Therefore, he said, balancing the necessary investment in new technologies with growing shareholder dividends was a particularly difficult act. Meanwhile, the Guardian Trust has supported 60 staff ...

AMP gives $2.8 billion to two new managers

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... managed by Henderson Global Investors. AQR Capital Management has been apportioned $1.6 billion and Enhanced Investment Technologies has won $1.2 billion in the move to diversify. Van Athukorala, senior portfolio manager for AMP Capital's $22 billion ...

Government plants $60m innovation funding seed

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... Therapies and Dynamic Hearing are past beneficiaries of investment from innovation fund managers, helping them bring new technologies to market. "The IIF complements other Australian Government support programs like Commercialisation Australia and the ...

Super funds at risk of cyber crime

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... over super funds with stolen member details. Miller's warning comes in the wake of anti-virus software provider AVG Technologies' first quarter threat report which found malicious FaceBook campaigns had tripled over the past year. Miller said FaceBook ...

Foreign shocks sparks IT scrutiny

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... per cent more for old legacy disaster recovery management systems, a new technology provider has said. Alphaserve Technologies, a New York-based firm that provides risk management, performance measurement, disaster recovery and security testing to marquee ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... Composite leaped 57.54 points (2.10 per cent) to 2,802.51. Solid earnings from Dow blue chips Intel, IBM and United Technologies, and from internet giant Yahoo!, helped to ignite buying in the Easter holiday-shortened week. The markets will be closed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... improved on optimism over quarterly earnings growth as the reporting season starts Friday with software giant Infosys Technologies. Bangkok was closed for a public holiday. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket closed higher after shrugging off a ...

Advisers compare insurance on smartphones

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... Zealand life insurance quoting tool that an estimated more than 8,000 planners use, under the company brand of Blue Gum Technologies, Chandrahasan said. Blue Gum also counts the National Australia Bank, Commonwealth and MLC as clients. According to Zurich ...

Let the games begin

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... framework that can provide adequate safeguards to manage the risk that comes with introducing new market players, technologies and systems. It said that the prospect of global exchange operators providing market services to Australian investors is one ...