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SELECT taps into futures with new fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2007
... interest rates, stock indices, agricultural, energy and metal markets. "The Futures Fund will be accessed as a building block for those investors that want access to strategies which have the potential to perform regardless of market direction and which ...

More data leakage and spam in 2007

... These botnets allow spammers to send mail to thousands of recipients while avoiding 'reputation filters' that ordinarily block known spammers. Data leakage is also a key concern. "Most organizations do not realise how much data is traveling outside the ...

Beware of hedge risk: Deloitte

Many hedge fund providers are not using best-practice guidelines such as external administrators or independent valuations of their assets, according to the latest global hedge fund industry survey by Deloitte. According to Deloitte, which surveyed ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
The Australian share market has recovered to be in positive territory at midday after a weak opening on the back of lower commodity prices and no real lead from the US. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 1.6 points at 5901.4, while ...

Macq's the new kid on the SMA block

The private portfolio arm of Macquarie will begin offering separately managed accounts (SMAs) from April this year, joining the growing crowd of SMA providers hitting the market since BlackRock (formerly Merrill Lynch) launched its version a year ago. ...

Mortgage funds not justifying fees: Aviva

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
... fair to say there has been a bit of a turf war between the old school traditional mortgage players and the new kids on the block who have punched above their weight in attracting inflows," said Stuart Fechner, manager Aviva Research. "There are long ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
The Australian share market has opened higher, jumping out of the blocks fired by a spate of takeovers. At 1015 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 41.3 points to 5,529.50, while the all ordinaries gained 38.4 points to 5509.80. Both indices ...

ALP finally agrees to back Budget super reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
It was a long time coming, but the Australian Labor Party (ALP) has bowed to the inevitable and finally agreed to back the government's superannuation reforms announced in the Federal Budget. Peter Dutton, Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer ...

Ban default super funds: FPA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has called for default super fund selections to be banned because they block consumers from developing customised retirement strategies. Speaking at the first day of public hearings in Sydney for the Parliamentary ...

Banks to fund consumer IT security: Symantec

Banks may have to pay for the IT systems of their clients if they want to avert the trend where consumers are refusing to transact online due to rampant IT identity theft and sophisticated internet scams. David Sykes, vice-president of Symantec's Pacific ...