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NAB deploys Telstra tech

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... application from VeCommerce, callers to NAB will be routed to more than 150 destinations within the bank by simply stating their request. Telstra enterprise and government executive director, Paul Geason said: "Telstra has long been an advocate of speech ...

S&P withdraws Lazard ratings

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
Lazard Asset Management Pacific has requested ratings firm Standard & Poor's to withdraw the four-star ratings on five Lazard equities funds. The funds affected were Lazard Select Australian Equity Funds (I and W Classes), Lazard Australian Equity Funds ...

Insurance taxes should be slashed: NIBA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
The average household in Victoria pays as much as 50 per cent more in house and contents cover due to government-related insurance taxes, prompting an insurance industry body to call for tax reforms ahead of the bushfire royal commission. The National ...

APRA outlines priorities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... concern on executive remuneration and its alignment to long-term risk management. In response to the Prime Minister's request, APRA is developing a principles based framework focused on the structure of executive remuneration. The proposed framework ...

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 ...