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IBM Cognos measures credit risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... increasing transparency on their risk and governance policies, which boards are demanding and in some case, driven by the request of stakeholders." This means that even when companies are forced to slash their IT budgets this year, Trigwell said there's ...

Govt move aids planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... includes a pension instalment suspension feature that allows clients to stop payments. All advisers need to do is submit a request for the suspension in writing. Meanwhile, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), the Investment and ...

Job cuts drive record advice requests

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
Mercer took a record 413,000 calls last year from super fund members seeking financial advice, with an 84 per cent jump in queries relating to redundancy payments. Mercer reported that calls to client helplines jumped dramatically in October, the month ...

Real estate under threat

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
Real estate could soon be a threatened asset class if property fund managers are not transparent about the sales and devaluation of their funds, says a US property investment expert. The slow trickling of cash flows into the global REITs sector has ...

ASIC blocks $2m Storm bonus

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained a court order preventing a payment of $2 million from Storm Financial to a bank account in which is held by Emmanuel and Julie Cassimatis. The sum was transferred from a Storm ...

Superpartners opens voice portal

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
Superpartners is teaming up with call center provider Global Speech Networks (GSN) for a voice portal solution for its contact centre. According to Superpartners, the voice portal will allow members 24 hour access to common transactions such as checking ...

Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
Gung Hay Fat Choy! The English version of Happy New Year has not worked for financial markets so far. Perhaps the Chinese one will. The web says that in Cantonese these words also mean 'may prosperity be with you.' Indeed, may prosperity be with us ...

Investors back AUI property proposal

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
Investors in three of the five Australian Unity Investments property vehicles have voted 'yes' to the firm's proposal to staple five property syndicates to establish a $400 million retail property fund. A recent media report claimed that AUI had failed ...

Ho hum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
The Australian equity market rallied nearly 6 per cent yesterday - its biggest one-day advance in more than 10 years. Ho-hum. Given the spectacular volatility in the equity markets over the past few months, daily movements of plus or minus 5-7 percent ...

Macquarie launches cash account

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... clients' accounts by advisers and direct clients, direct debits, periodic payments, and electronic fund transfers upon request.