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SimCorp edges back to front

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... together means legacy systems out there will be under more pressure than they are today, so we expect people to look for modern systems like ours to replace the spaghetti systems," Hill said. "I'm not going to rush out there and claim victory and triple ...

So much to do, so little time

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
The US is still undoubtedly the centre of world finance, but no one should underestimate the enormous challenge in turning their economy around. In yesterday's State of the Union address, President Bush said their recurrent fiscal budget is such a huge ...

Retirement on hold for longer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
... UK. With all this focus on retirement, the irony is that it's actually quite a new concept. It is only 170 years old in modern terms, said Mercer's Darren Wickham in a paper he presented to a recent actuarial conference. "Retirement is a relatively new ...

Telstra Super signs Charles River for direct portfolio management

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... option is currently ranked nine over three years, scoring a full 340 basis points above the market average. But running a modern portfolio is not as simple as it used to be as the fund has now signed on for the Charles River Investment Management System ...

India: a country within a country

ALEX DUNNIN REPORTING FROM MUMBAI AND NEW DELHI AT THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
India's dramatic transformation into the modern economy is even more remarkable given its socialist past and the fact it was almost bankrupt just five years ago. "We used to have great faith in socialism especially when Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister. ...

Asian property under the microscope: AEW

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... to high-value manufactures, its proximity to being able to feed off the China growth engine and its ability to support a modern real estate market makes it, together with Hong Kong, a central plank in the Asia property market, said Wittendorp. In June ...

AFS kicks off new education program

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
... School is to deliver expert, relevant content and facilitation through quality presenters and an emphasis on interactive modern learning techniques." "AFS learning programs address key issues such as business transformation and managing work-life balance ...

Investors better off without legacy

... $221.4 billion legacy market was to introduce the compulsory transfer of these products into their latest or at least more modern equivalent but ensuring the investor is not worse off from the move. If their recommendations are followed, an industry ...

Good software frees advisers to advise

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
... administration, the Australian Financial Advisers (AFA) Future of Financial Planning Technology luncheon club heard yesterday. Modern software is making this happen by creating the concept of the adviser workbench, containing integrated tools ranging ...

CFS ploughs $280m in Myer property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
... CBD retail asset, and fewer still which provide the opportunity to deliver more than 70,000 square metres of space in a modern retail development," Gorman said. It seems CFS's initial project share will be debt funded, most likely in the form of hybrid ...