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ING launches enhanced financial education website

Financial services company ING today announced the launch of its enhanced financial education website L-earn aimed at advisers, superannuation members and the public. L-earn is ING's on-line investment education tutorial. The enhancements include an ...

Cathy Walter urges consideration of regulatory future

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2004
Former National Australia Bank director Cathy Walter on Monday night invoked the example of James Hardie Industries as she urged Australia's business community to carefully consider the future of corporate regulation in this country. Walter, who gained ...

Costello's Future Fund draws fire

... a special fund to deal with the almost $90 billion hole in the Australian government's superannuation commitments lacks focus, asset consultant Ken Atchison said this week. The government's CSS and PSS super funds for public servants and its two funds ...

Emerging opportunities not just in China: Franklin Templeton

... through private equity investment," the investment manager said. "The paper explains that most emerging market mutual funds focus on larger, more liquid companies for investment, which leaves a massive opening in small to medium companies either not ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2004
The Australian stock market is expected to open slightly firmer today, although it will be specific stocks, more so than general market momentum, which will be the key to trade today. A solid bounce in US equities following the US Federal Reserve's ...

Risk measurement lags amongst insurance companies - E&Y survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2004
Risk measurement remains unsophisticated in Australian insurance companies as they struggle to keep abreast of a rash of regulatory, legislative and governance-driven changes, according to a new report. An Ernst & Young survey revealed that while the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2004
... was eight points firmer at 3643 on a volume of 889 contracts. On the day there is little direct news expected, with the focus being on Coles Myer's annual results later in the week.

Tower says proposing spinning off Aust wealth management bus

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2004
Tower said on Monday it is proposing spinning off its wealth management business in Australia following a strategic review of its business portfolio. It was proposing spinning off the business through a separate listing of the business on the ASX, with ...

New record set for 30 Day cash rate futures: SFE

The Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) reported a new record for the highest one-day transaction volume on the 30 Day Interbank Cash Rate futures contract set last Friday. The new record of 12,643 contracts trades is an 8% improvement on the previous record ...

InTech's new fund open for all

... conducted in consultation with its global partner CRA RogersCasey. "In many of the US private firms, there is an uninhibited focus on seeking high alpha," CRA RogersCasey chief executive officer Tim Barron said. "This should provide the opportunity ...