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Challenger teams up with Colony

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
... options will provide us with firm injection of capital," a Challenger spokesperson said. "Colony wants to take an active interest in Challenger operations and that is why those shares were offered," she added. Meanwhile, Colony Capital spokesperson Owen ...

Centric buys PKF

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
Centric Wealth has made its final pre-listing acquisition, purchasing planner group PKF Financial Services. The company conducts PKF's financial planning business in Sydney and Brisbane and has approximately $400 million in assets under advice across ...

Debt climbs, home values fall

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
... Moody's analyst Ilya Serov said, "Delinquency rates have trended upwards for the past 18 months as a result of rising interest rates, riskier trends in mortgage origination, and high levels of household indebtedness."

Cuscal branches outside credit unions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
While becoming a leading player in the wholesale supply of banking style transactional services to credit unions has boosted Cuscal's profit, the powerplay is how it positions them to extend their reach into other institutions and even super funds. ...

Shorter PDSs are go

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
Regulations to allow shorter 'incorporation by reference' product disclosure documents (PDSs), introduced in April by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer Chris Pearce, have come into force today. Originally introduced as part of a wider reform ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
... week, helped by exporters like Canon that increased on the back of a declining yen. It came as the Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged. The Nikkei gained 2.6 per cent or 415.68 points to 16,316.32 to also end at its highest since August 15. HONG ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2007
... seeing buyers pick up stocks on dips so far today," he said. US stocks rose overnight as investors intensified their interest in the equities market, with credit markets stabilising and takeover activity once again playing out. There still were hopes ...

Big brother in outsourcing: Unisys

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2007
Many Australians are unaware of their personal information being outsourced as companies and government agencies contract out their business functions, Unisys Security Index research found. IT, human resources, legal and call centre services are often ...

Awash with water funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2007
... asset management arm of Belgian-based KBC investment bank, which specialises in capital protected investments, fixed interest, commodities and now water funds.

AMP chief executive steps down

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2007
AMP chief executive officer Andrew Mohl has resigned after five years at the helm of one of the largest financial services group in the country. Speaking at AMP's 2007 interim results press conference, Mohl said he would leave towards the end of the ...