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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings results from investment and commercial bank JP Morgan Chase and United Technologies and another steep fall in the oil price. Investment bank Merrill Lynch & Co on Thursday reported a massive $US4.9 billion second ...

Pentafin beefs up IT team

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
... Chim to its IT team. Joe Vetto, the former co-founder and vice-president of product development for Seattle-based X6 Technologies which is now Minecode, has joined as a communications specialist. Vetto has 14 years experience in technology, and was involved ...

Bakers launch alt energy retail fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... cover six sectors such as low emission utilities, renewable energy, natural gas, uranium, hydrogen and environmental technologies. "This product gives [retail investors] the chance to make a diversified investment in the alternative energy sector based ...

Online insurance lost in cyberspace

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... up their presence in online insurance. Zurich, Tower Australia and ING One Care have all tapped into new insurance technologies to provide more flexible and cheaper insurance for time-poor consumers.

Pentafin and Direct Portfolio merger complete

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... management, data warehouse and workflow. The managed accounts products will see the benefits of those integrated technologies," said Marsh. Despite the completed merger, Marsh said that both the "Pentafin" and "Direct Portfolio" brands would be retained ...

Pentafin recruits ex-Macq head

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... said McKeage, who outlined one of the reasons Karrasch joined the firm. "The real power comes in merging the two technologies and trying to commercialise DP's Ozport technology. Up until now, Ozport has been used solely for the in-house management scheme. ...

Private wealth managers bank on CRM

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
The need for bigger and better integrated customer management technologies is on the increase as private wealth managers jostle for a bigger share of the high net worth investors market. Eric Moore, director of sales and marketing at StayinFront Australia ...

Algos trap rogue traders

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... international regulators, including the UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA), to incorporate "real time" fraud detection technologies into its market monitoring endeavours in a bid to detect fraud. The firm has also teamed up with specialist consultancy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
... market crash. The news also dragged down shares of a wide range of multinational companies, including IBM and United Technologies. The Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers said its preliminary index of confidence fell sharply in April ...

Intel eyes China tech

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
... managing director, Cadol Cheung. The initial fund was established in 2005 to help Chinese businesses nurture important technologies and develop innovative products. Examples of investments include DAC, Neusoft Group, A8 Music, Chipsbank Microelectronics ...