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Self-directed investors challenge industry giants

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... bigger players while enabling investors to immediately access information they couldn't before. More than just new technologies, the investment psyche and culture is also changing, with more investors seeking control over how, what and when they invest ...

LUCRF selects Provisio

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
LUCRF Super has signed on to use Provisio Technologies' Rapid Advice Delivery software solution. Provisio's software offers the means to deliver advice to thousands of members online, by telephone or in person, making it popular among superannuation ...

Mobile internet tools take flight

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... devices. This will be up from 20 per cent last year. "This huge growth in shipments will be dominated by tablet-style technologies such as the iPad and will mainly be driven by consumers buying devices to complement their smartphones," said Tony Cripps ...

Synchron taps online advice for growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... 280 advisers by the end of 2013. It hopes to appeal to a larger adviser market through its culture of embracing new technologies to provide financial advice. "We have a large contingent of under 40 [years old] advisers, which is growing to present an ...

Health Super takes out comms award

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... example of creativity and innovation within the not-for-profit sector." Meanwhile First State Super embraced new technologies and created mobile phone applications for its members, which saw it claim the Gold Award. The apps have been highly successful ...

Future Fund adjusts long term asset allocation strategy

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... rising wealth in emerging economies (most notably China) that will continue to heighten demand for resources and technologies. As a result, it has increased its long term equity allocation from 35 to 40 per cent, and its cash holding from 0 to 5 per ...

Christian Super puts water on investment list

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... in the Macquarie Clean Technology Fund, which promotes the development of renewable energy, and invests in water technologies, including water recycling. It also has $7.4 million in sustainable agriculture with Australian Farms Fund Management in the ...

ESI Super boosts advice tech

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... Industry fund ESI Super has improved the technology behind advice delivery to its members, signing up for Provisio Technologies' rapid advice delivery software. ESI Super will use the new technology to deliver defined scope advice to its members, which ...

China's $750bn pledge to clean tech aids sector

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
China's $750 billion investment toward clean technologies over the next decade will direct not just much-needed funding into the sector but make it more appealing to investors. Speaking at a one-day Deutsche Asset Management forum in Sydney this month ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... rising on the New York Stock Exchange. Sectors most sensitive to growth were hit hardest. Manufacturers 3M, United Technologies, and Boeing were the biggest drags on the Dow. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 144.33 points, or 1.39 per cent, to ...