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Complex event processing made simple: Apama

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
Detect, deploy, execute - fund managers and super funds can now implement better real-time analytics and event management with Apama 4.0, a new complex event processing (CEP) platform. NASDAQ listed Progress Software Corporation recently deployed Progress ...

FPA rejects tax bill changes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) slammed proposed changes to the Tax Agent Services Bill, declaring it could increase the cost of delivering financial advice and hinder consumer access to financial planning services. The proposed Bill requires ...

Reserves okay and can be raised by fees: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
APRA dismisses claims that super choice means funds should no longer hold reserves for smoothing investment returns. Keith Chapman, executive general manager of APRA's Supervisory Support Division, speaking at the recent Meeting of Government Superannuation ...

We need a fairness test: ASIC

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
The lack of a fairness test governing how financial institutions treat their customers has resulted in excessive compliance rules that don't always work, said Jeremy Cooper, deputy chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ...

US houses continue to burn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
Market Movers Overnight The US housing market remains in a freefall. The US Commerce Department reported that housing starts increased to 1066K in June, a month-on-month rise of 9.1 percent. This was better than market expectations for a 1.8 percent ...

Treasury's FUM hit by value managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
Treasury Group's total funds under management at the end of June dropped more than 13 per cent to $12.4 billion as a result of two value managers suffering significant outflows. Investors Mutual' (IML) funds under management fell more than $1.8 billion ...

One-size rule does not fit advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
The current "one size fits all" regulatory approach should be reviewed to reduce cost and improve the accessibility of financial advice for consumers, said the Financial Planning Association of Australia. In its submission to the Financial Services ...

Dimensional wins $100m Aust Eq mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
Global insto asset manager Dimensional has secured a $100 million Australian core equities mandate with Zurich Investment Management. Dimensional's Australian Core Equity strategy is designed to capture the returns from the broad Australian equities ...

Perpetual capital protected gains $130m

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
ASX listed Perpetual Limited's capital protected structured products has attracted more than $130 million from retail investors. Perpetual's general manager structured products, Russel Chesler, said despite difficult market conditions and increasing ...

Reporting season hikes A-REITs worth

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
APN Funds Management (APN FM) is trumpeting the return of value to the A-REIT sector, but the fund manager also singled out this year's reporting season as the crux in restoring full investor confidence in the asset class. The $4.3 billion APN FM singled ...