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CIOs lacking in IQ: Deloitte

... requirements have prompted over two-thirds of large companies in Australia and NZ to hike up their IT spend and improve their company's 'information quality' or IQ, according to a Deloitte research. In a survey exploring the link between the IT systems ...

ASIC bans two for their part in failed businesses

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2006
Two New South Wales directors have been disqualified from acting as company directors by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) after their involvement in failed companies. ASIC has banned Craig West, a certified practicing accountant ...

VFMC busted investing with tobacco giant

... of Victoria, Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC), has been targeted for being invested in Altria, the parent company of Phillip Morris. It was reported that Victorian Premier Steve Bracks has come out in defence of VFMC saying public shares ...

Careless spending wastes $25bn

... women. Virgin Money has commissioned Galaxy Research to poll 600 Australians aged 18 to 49 on their spending habits in the company's latest 'Wallet Watch survey'. It found that on average, men fritter away $3,395 per year on takeaway food and drink ...

Back to bonds: EPFR

... funds and the three global sector fund groups: commodities/materials, real estate and utilities. The Massachusetts-based company tracks equity and bond fund flows, cross border capital flows, country and sector allocations and company holdings data from ...

Bravura IPO closes over-subscribed

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2006
... director and chief executive officer, Iain Dunstan, said the over-subscription highlighted investor confidence in the company's growth prospects. "We welcome our new investors who are supportive of expansion plans in the UK and Asia, particularly the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2006
... and Colorado Group will be watched after Asian buyout firm Affinity Equity Partners yesterday lifted its holding in the company, fuelling speculation of a takeover. NEW YORK - US stocks ended down as signs of a slowing US economy triggered concerns that ...

Separate board for Adelaide Managed Funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2006
Adelaide Bank is to create a separate company board to oversee its now $2.3 billion managed funds business. Adelaide Bank said it would establish the independent board for its funds management, to be called Adelaide Managed Funds. The bank said it more ...

Tread carefully in listed property: Perennial

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2006
... were still abundant, partly driven by investors not fully appreciating an investment story or not fully understanding a company's management. The economic outlook for China, Kwang said, would sustain property securitisation and investment opportunities ...

Banks under growing IT security threat: Deloitte

... genuine-looking but bogus website. The most recent example is a phishing attack on PayPal, the eBay-owned payments and processing company that boasts nearly 90 million account members and is widely-known as the default service provider for online payments. ...