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Fin Synergy ramps up R&D

Financial Synergy, the software group behind popular administration platform Acurity, has increased their R&D spend by 300 per cent in a bid to edge out competitors and provide clients with better online services. Setting a distinction between enhancing ...

LIXI makes lending technologies more affordable

The Lending Industry XML Initiative (LIXI), a non-profit organisation representing mortgage brokers and lenders, has changed its membership model to allow more industry players to adopt better and cheaper e-commerce technologies. LIXI was established ...

Demography is destiny: IGR

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
Treasurer Peter Costello has released the updated Intergenerational Report (IGR) showing that while the impact of population ageing is Australia's biggest policy challenge, incorporating its imperatives into Government policy can pay big dividends later ...

Direct property is back, but now its global: Macq

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2007
Swelling demand for direct property, investor appetite for global assets and recognition that listed property trusts (LPTs) are an incredibly efficient vehicle will continue to drive Macquarie's burgeoning global portfolio, according to Stephen Girdis ...

Super rules will always change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2007
Superannuation rules will always be changing and the industry just has to accept this, said Ramani Venkatramani, general manager for specialised institutions at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). "Most organisations complaining about ...

RBC Dexia expanding service range

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2007
RBC Dexia Investor Services is ramping up its service range and increasing the depth of what it offers investors, particularly by leveraging its alternative investments expertise gained in other markets. Brad Taylor, global head of hedge fund services ...

Reverse mortgages to mature: SEQUAL

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2007
Increased competition in the reverse mortgage industry will see product providers fine-tuning their existing products and contracts rather than rushing new products to market, according to Keiren Dell, chief executive officer of the Senior Australians ...

IRESS and XPLAN stay on the up

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
IRESS Market Technology today reported another strong result, with headline group profit up to $29.6 million and XPLAN continuing on its strong growth trajectory, ramping up profitability. Peter Dunai, managing director IRESS, said strong conditions ...

Interest rates on the way down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
Two of three leading economists told the 450 people attending today's Financial Standard Economic Forum they expect interest rates to fall this year while another said it was a national scandal Australia's productivity growth had stalled. Saul Eslake ...

Cbus members snap up increase in cover

Industry fund Cbus' strategy of ramping up the insurance cover of members is proving to be a big hit with more than 99 per cent of eligible members saying yes to the initiative. In November last year Cbus kicked off a campaign of providing members with ...