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The carbon cost of investing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
If you're worried about the carbon impact of your investment portfolios, tapping into Style Research and Trucost's carbon analysis can give you an idea of where you stand.

IRESS to provide mortgage analytics

Advisers who want to help their clients choose the right mortgage can now take that service in-house after one of the country's dominant planning software group IRESS, owner of Xplan and VisiPlan, acquired mortgage analytics provider TransActive Systems.

Pentafin and Direct Portfolio merger complete

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
Pentafin's merger with Direct Portfolio is now complete - making the consolidated group a stronger player in the managed accounts space.

Praemium upgrades p-Desktop

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
Online portfolio administrator Præmium Limited has improved its services by upgrading its market data service p-Desktop to include Order Management and Portfolio Review tools.

Synchron taps online insurance advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
Synchron advisers has called on business strategy provider Strategies Plus to develop a new website that will help them step up their presence in online insurance.

Praemium signs on UK Fat Prophets

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
ASX listed separately managed account (SMA) technology provider Praemium has signed a letter of engagement with the UK arm of Fat Prophets to launch its own branded version of the British version of the SMA, SO Smartfund.

CFP and Fin Wisdom upload Provisio

Ward Financial Group, part of Commonwealth Bank-owned dealer group, Financial Wisdom, has developed a software designed to reduce the onerous number crunching involved in Transition to Retirement (TTR) strategies.

Ironbridge to buy Bravura

Financial services software provider Bravura has announced a takeover proposal from private equity firm Ironbridge Capital which values the group at more than $270 million.

Debt trumps terrorism as top threat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
Australians are more concerned about other people finding out their credit card or debit card details than the threat of terrorism, a reversal of the trend post September 11, according to a new study.

Private wealth managers bank on CRM

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
The need for bigger and better integrated customer management technologies is on the increase as private wealth managers jostle for a bigger share of the high net worth investors market.