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CHOICE warns of online fraud

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
Consumer watchdog CHOICE has outlined a list of online identity fraud techniques to protect consumers against the growing threat. CHOICE estimates identity fraud costs Australians roughly $1 billion affecting 500,000 people every year. Most are hit ...

Caledonia updates with HiPortfolio

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
Australian boutique investment manager, Caledonia Investments is updating its DST International (DSTi) accounting service to the latest version, HiPortfolio. The latest version of the accounting software includes scalable end to end capabilities and ...

Protect super savings: PwC survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
The Australian Securities Investments Commission (ASIC) and the financial services industry must work together to find better ways to protect superannuation savings, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Investment Management CEO survey 2008. The ...

Social banking on the rise

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
Social banking platforms will capture 10 per cent of the worldwide retail lending and financial planning market in two years time, according to Gartner. The term, social banking includes trends such as green practices, social entrepreneurship and peer ...

Grant Samuel buys Tribeca stake

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
Grant Samuel Funds Management has bought Octaviar's equity stake in boutique Australian equity fund manager, Tribeca Investment Partners. As a result, Grant Samuel has been appointed Tribeca's external distributor. "Our strategy is to align ourselves ...

Sunsuper appoints board member

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... the interests of all our stakeholders - both members and employers - are best served at the highest level of the organization," Tony Lally, chief executive at Sunsuper, said. "Each director's vast experience in their respective industries will prove ...

Byrne departs UniSuper

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
... superannuation industry. I am confident I am leaving UniSuper in good shape as it reaches this milestone, and the organization is very strongly placed to face the challenges of the next 25 years and beyond for its members," Byrne said.

Quadrant members say no to email

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
In an age where information technology is becoming more and more integrated into daily life, more than three quarters of the members Tasmanian super Quadrant prefer to have their super fund information sent by snail mail. The TNS conducted research ...

Canadian fund slams investment restrictions

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
Canada's sixth largest pension fund, the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) has called for the Ontario Expert Commission on Pensions to remove rules that restrict how much pension funds can invest in certain assets. The fund claimed ...

Chinese walls and windows

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
... Prime Minister, Wu Yi promised to open the Chinese securities industry to overseas firms to comply with World Trade Organization rules. Goldman Sachs and UBS both now control investment banking units in China, however, hopefuls JPMorgan and Merrill Lynch ...