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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... Thursday, Seven Group Holdings said that, with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) opposing its application relating to a potential bid for Consolidated Media Holdings, it would vote in favour of News Ltd's Cons Media takeover bid. ...

Six year ban for mortgage broker

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... and employment of the borrowers. "In one instance, the corporate watchdog found that Halvorsen had replaced a loan application that had been filled out by the borrowers with another loan application," ASIC said. The replacement loan application was submitted ...

APRA releases final MySuper package

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
APRA has released its proposed final application form and instructions for the authorisation of MySuper products and a prudential standard on the transition to MySuper. The MySuper package also includes APRA's response to submissions received on the ...

Towers Watson expands Microsoft agreement

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... develop new processes for risk-based modelling applications and increase use of cloud computing. Mark Beardall, global application leader - Risk & Financial Services at Towers Watson said Cloud offers "unique benefits in flexibility and cost effectiveness" ...

ASIC civil case a dead duck: Storm founders

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... from managing a company and holding a financial services licence. Justice Reeves is yet to decide on the Cassimatis' application for dismissal of the ASIC civil action. Last week Commonwealth Bank and ASIC settled a separate case sparked by the Storm ...

BlackRock to focus on model-based fixed income inv

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... it believes this is the method of the 21 st century. BlackRock describes model-based fixed income investing as the application of scientific research techniques, capturing intuition and economic views that can be translated into a set of portfolio positions. ...

J.P. Morgan launches risk measure tool

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... FSC/ASFA guidelines," said David Braga, investor services product head, Australia and New Zealand, WSS. "Beyond its application to the Standard Risk Measure, OPAL has been designed to support institutional investors with their decision-making around ...

Macquarie invests in mobile apps for advisers/brokers

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
Macquarie is expanding access to its insights and information by further investing in range of mobile applications for its advisers and mortgage brokers. Following the successful launch of four mobile applications during the past year, Macquarie's long-running ...

Marketing beyond gimmickry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
Just as super funds in Australia are jumping on board engagement channels like blogging and targeting Gen Y, a US financial branding consultant group says the marketing world has already moved on. "After a decade of intense scrutiny, financial marketers ...

MySuper to commoditise super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... on industry funds (which have the highest number of inactive accounts). "The second component of SuperStream is the application of data standards and e-commerce for funds and employers. These data standards will remove several inefficiencies that have ...