Is market and market-related data a crucial driver of success in the wealth management industry? Well, it could be in a couple of ways. Obviously, if a wealth management firm (wealth management news) could craft a truly unique and high value-added data feed for customers, it would prove a marketable benefit, though I think that route is unlikely.

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Cybercrooks have developed regionally-targeted banking Trojans that are more likely to slip under the radar of anti-virus defences. Detection rates for regional malware vary between zero and 20 per cent, according to a study by transaction security firm Trusteer. This company markets browser security add-ons to banks, which offer them to consumers as a way of reducing the risk of malware on PCs resulting in banking fraud.

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