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Financial services targeted for data theft

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
The financial services industry is being targeted for data theft, one of the world's foremost experts on hack attacks said today. Tal Be'ery, web research team leader from US-based data protection firm Imperva, said the cyber criminals were following ...

Midwinter takes on Coin, Xplan

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
Independent advice technology developer, Midwinter, is set to launch its own CRM for advisers to compete against industry giants Coin and Xplan. After releasing earlier this year, the off-the-shelf CRM will target advisers that want ease of use for ...

Back office firm eyes super growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
Back office administration firm MainstreamBPO has re-branded its Group Benefits business to SuperBPO as it continues to target new super fund clients. SuperBPO provides member administration, unit pricing and accounting to industry, corporate and retail ...

Property managers stifled by lenders

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
Property fund managers remain concerned by the lack of access to financing from major lenders, with no notable improvement in the last year, according to the Australian Direct Property Investment Association (ADPIA). An ADPIA survey of fund managers ...

Deadline tonight for Trio levy submissions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
Time runs out today for superannuation funds to have their say on regulations governing the levy to raise $55 million in compensation for victims of the Trio Capital fraud. With the impost worked out as a percentage of funds under management and capped ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
The Australian market is likely to decline on Monday after US equities fell about one per cent and the price of gold and some base metals declined. At 0734 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was down 35 points at 4,678 points. ...

Straus-Kahn stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
The GFC has claimed another victim, and it's no other than the chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and French presidential candidate-in-waiting Monsieur Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The 62-year old Strauss-Kahn has been arrested on charges of ...

Super problems to short-change retirees

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
Deep problems in the superannuation system meant Australians may not have enough money to provide for their retirement despite half-million dollar balances, an industry expert said today. In his keynote speech at the Morningstar Investment Conference ...

Finsia selects new CEO

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) has appointed Russell Thomas as chief executive officer and managing director. Having joined the Securities Institute of Australia (SIA) in 2003, working in the professional education department ...

Apostle Asset builds distrib team

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
Apostle Asset Management is building their distribution team as it prepares to capitalise on investor's renewed interest in equities. The investment manager has appointed Greg Johnson as director of sales to expand its distribution team. "With the recover ...