Administration
SOA…what happens next?
Today it seems that every organisation of any significance either has or is planning a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) initiative as a key component of its IT strategy.
Staff WriterDecember 9, 2008
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Hedge Funds
Balancing act: portfolio construction under a new regime
The world has changed yet the industry- standard balanced fund configuration, where a move from 70:30 to 65:35 passes for a strategic shift, remains entrenched.
Staff WriterDecember 9, 2008
Hedge Funds
From REST to the rest: what super fund trustees are paid and why
At a time when boards across Australia have come under increasing pressure to review the high sums paid to top executives, the cover story in the October edition of Investment & Technology found a number of people arguing that the pay of executives in superannuation could probably be increased.
Staff WriterDecember 9, 2008
Investment Strategy
The shorting ban didn’t work and the reforms
It was expected that financial stocks would rally on the first day of the short-selling ban in Australia, back on September 21. The ASX200 financials index (XFJ) gained 5 per cent that day, as shares in ANZ increased by 8.1 per cent, Commonwealth Bank of Australia by 4.4 per cent, Westpac by 4.9 per cent […]
Staff WriterDecember 9, 2008
Investment Strategy
Australians ignorant of income protection
Five out of six Australians are not adequately protecting their income in the case of illness or injury, according to a national survey conducted by Comminsure.
Staff WriterMarch 28, 2006
Investment Strategy
Australians ignorant of income protection
Five out of six Australians are not adequately protecting their income in the case of illness or injury, according to a national survey conducted by Comminsure.
Staff WriterMarch 28, 2006
Investment Strategy
Front-end innovation
Skandia’s former CEO, Lars-Eric Petersson, was sentenced to a two-year jail term by a Swedish court last week for fiddling the company’s executive bonus scheme.
Staff WriterFebruary 1, 2006
Investment Strategy
Front-end innovation
Skandia’s former CEO, Lars-Eric Petersson, was sentenced to a two-year jail term by a Swedish court last week for fiddling the company’s executive bonus scheme.
Staff WriterFebruary 1, 2006