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Cloud computing still a foggy idea

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
Banks and other financial services companies are among the early adopters of cloud computing but when it comes to the nitty-gritty of it, many are stuck in a haze, new research shows. In a survey of more than 300 companies covering key business sectors ...

Pengana hires QIC execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
Former QIC executives Greg Clarke and Kevin Wan Lum joins boutique firm Pengana Capital. Greg Clarke joined the company to oversee its multi manager operations. Clarke is working to extend Pengana's strategies in the multi manager sector and will work ...

Fin services execs rock on for charity

Some financial service professionals have a secret identity - analysts, fund managers, financial planners and business development managers by day, rockstars by night. The Financial Industry Community Aid Programme (FICAP), developed in 2006 by a group ...

More funds adopt intra-fund advice

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
Super funds are racing to get the government's rubberstamp on intra-fund advice relief - with AvSuper, Plum and HESTA among those that already offer, or about to offer, the expanded advice service to their members. AvSuper received the authorisation ...

Aviva key personnel disbanded after NAB buy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
More than six months on since NAB bought Aviva Australia's Navigator platform and insurance business, at least three key Aviva personnel have left or about to leave, while five have assumed new roles within NAB's businesses. Allan Griffiths, chief executive ...

Grimshaw joins Suncorp

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
Suncorp has appointed Caledonia Investment chief executive, Stuart Grimshaw, as a non-executive director. Grimshaw has 25 years experience in banking and financial services in Australia and overseas. Aside from his current role as chief executive, he ...

AvSuper appoints NAB

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
Canberra based superannuation fund, AvSuper Fund has reappointed NAB as its provider of master custody and investment reporting services. NAB's asset servicing division has supported AvSuper's custody requirements since 1998. NAB's reappointment follows ...

Motorcycle diaries

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
From fund managers to top financial planners, some of the industry's biggest guns have one thing in common with their passion for finance - riding motorbikes. Motorcycling is often a hit and miss exercise. You either fall in love with it, or you don't. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
Australian shares are likely to open lower after credit downgrades and warnings directed at several governments, reports showed manufacturing is weak in the UK and Germany, and major US companies announced poor earnings. At 0807 AEDT on the Sydney Futures ...

AvSuper reviews custody and insurance mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
AvSuper Fund is evaluating its long-standing custodial arrangement with National Australia Bank Asset Servicing and group insurance mandate with ING. AvSuper Fund, which had just over $1 billion in assets under management at the end of September according ...