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Clouds gather in financial services

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
Financial services software group IQ Business Group (IQ) responds to regulatory concerns against 'cloud computing' in financial services and says the widespread use of cloud systems is a sign of the times. IQ came forward after the Australian Prudential ...

Aviva offers direct SMAs, model portfolios

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
Aviva Investors has launched a new Separately Managed Account (SMA) service and is offering investors access to model portfolios based on two of its existing managed funds. The Aviva Investors Dividend Builder model portfolio has been developed for ...

Future Fund ex-strategy chief opens Scarce Capital

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
Tony Day, the former head of strategy at the Future Fund, has set up Scarce Capital, a new advisory services business that aims to help investors who want more than just a run-of-the-mill approach in global asset allocation and strategy. Day said the ...

Centric Wealth gears up for acquisitions

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
Dealer group Centric Wealth's acquisition pipeline has more than quadrupled in the last five months, with more planners keen to join the group, thanks to big league M&As bubbling in the market. Mergers such as AMP and AXA's present rare opportunities ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
The Australian share market edged into positive territory in intra-day trading on light volumes as big investors sat on the sidelines awaiting more market direction. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 6.4 points, or 0.14 per cent, at ...

Direct property makes a comeback

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
A number of super funds including Professional Associations Super, Asset Super, Sunsuper and AustralianSuper have added their exposure to direct property in recent months, Rainmaker research shows. Direct property is back en vogue as investors look ...

Median Australian shares fund down: Mercer

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
Australian shares have rallied in October after a strong September lead but the median result for Australian share funds were slightly worse than the market, the latest Mercer Survey shows. The median of the Mercer Australian Shares survey for the year ...

ASIC cracks down on CFD trading

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
ASIC has turned its attention to over-the-counter contracts for difference (CFDs), and is calling for improved product disclosure to help retail investors understand the highly leveraged derivative products they trade. The corporate regulator released ...

Member switching yields winners and losers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
A new SuperSA study shows 93 per cent of Triple S members chose to stay in the default balanced option during the GFC - while 7 per cent opted to put their money in different strategies. SuperSA's Triple S members who switched investment options during ...

Support grows for Asia Funds Passport

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
A new report further supports the push for Australian fund managers' access to rapidly growing investment markets across Asia, with suggestions of APEC potentially establishing a working group on the proposal. Asia's funds management industry apparently ...