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Planners advised to plan ahead on succession

Financial planners might be able to help you with your retirement but when it comes to their own succession planning they could do with some help from business experts. AXA has launched its merger, acquisition and succession planning initiative 'GROW' ...

Virgin home loan spices up mortgage lending

... lenders, Virgin is likely to face stiff competition from non-bank lenders such as Wizard, RAMS and Aussie Home Loans. Wizard's Smart Choice loan has a comparable 6.97 per cent variable interest rate while its Rate Break loan has a low 5.71 per cent variable ...

Cut credit application cost by 70 per cent using CAL: LIXI

Updating credit application systems to use the XML online programming language developed through the Lending Industry XML Initiative (LIXI) can cut processing costs by 70 per cent and slash processing times. The not for profit industry group LIXI says ...

Consumers not dumb, just confused about WM industry: ACA

The Australian Consumers' Association (ACA) says the release of the 2005 ANZ Financial Literacy Research and the Study of Consumers in Financial Difficulty confirms consumers are not dumb. Peter Kell, ACA Chief Executive Officer said he commended the ...

Index for the smart, hedge for the stupid

LA-based investment theory and practice guru Rex Sinquefield entertained, enlightened and provoked the audience at the FPA conference last week when he questioned returns made by hedge funds and called those who invest in them "stupid". "Many people ...

Industry bodies in joint move to improve financial literacy

The Australian Bankers' Association (ABA), the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Investment & Financial Services Association (IFSA) have worked together to released a guide to help employees improve their financial literacy in the lead up ...

ASIC aids smarter investing

ASIC has released a booklet to help people make better financial decisions and avoid costly mistakes covering subjects such as initial investments, budgeting, managing loans and mortgages, and getting the most from superannuation. Called Your Money ...

NZX gets into exchange-traded funds

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2004
New Zealand Exchange today said it was taking over an existing exchange-traded funds (EFTs) and launching a new one. The initiative will be repackaged under the Smartshares brand and executed through its subsidiary NZX Funds Management. NZX has today ...

van Eyk appoints Lander senior research analyst

van Eyk Research yesterday announced Jerome Lander had been appointed to the role of senior research analyst within the group's manager research team. Lander will join a team of five qualitative analysts and two quantitative analysts responsible for ...

AMP says NZ restructuring to improve performance

AMP is transferring 10% of its Wellington based staff to Auckland as part of a strategy to improve the company's New Zealand performance. The restructuring of the 150-year-old firm was designed as part of a recovery programme mapped out after hefty ...