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Mortgage funds redux

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... open a monthly redemption facility to its unit holders - the first time it's done so since the Government introduced the bank guarantee last October, forcing many mortgage funds to freeze 'unlimited' redemptions because of the unsustainable spike in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... down. "There are some slight gains, but nothing too dramatic." The major banks all were up in morning trade. Commonwealth Bank put on 65 cents, or 1.91 per cent to $34.60, Westpac gained 25 cents to $18.69, National Australia Bank rose 40 cents to $22.03 ...

Net tightens on executive pay

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
Goodbye golden parachutes - APRA has released a consultation package encouraging financial services firms to set up stricter guidelines when deciding executive remuneration. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is recommending its regulated ...

Deutsche commits to CSR

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
Deutsche Bank's corporate social responsibility activities may have reached more than $140 million last year, but the firm is taking its strategy to another level in 2009. The firm's latest Corporate Social Responsibility Report detailed how the multi-million ...

FLEXCUBE helps London and Middle East

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
Oracle's financial services software product FLEXCUBE now counts the Bank of London and The Middle East plc among its newest clients. Oracle, which has National Australia Bank among its clientele, recently announced that Bank of London and the largest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 31 points higher at 3,767. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases financial aggregates data for April. In company news, Cluff Resources Pacific Ltd, AP Eagers Ltd ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... financials are down, but it's been them leading the recovery the past few months." The major banks were all down. Commonwealth Bank fell 87 cents, or 2.48 per cent to $34.26, Westpac dropped 43 cents, or 2.29 per cent, to $18.37, while National Australia ...

Bonnie and Clyde team caught for fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... appeared to the investors to authorise the company to deduct its fee for setting up the superannuation fund from the fund's bank account and to make authorised investments. Taking this one step further, this clause gave White unlimited access to the ...

Half a billion up for grabs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... 600,000 Australians today can have a chance at winning back a share of $564 million in unclaimed life policies, company and bank funds, according to ASIC. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission recently said that the money is owed to individuals ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... Australian Bureau of Statistics issues private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure for the March quarter. Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Ric Battellino addresses the annual Securities and Derivatives Industry Association Conference. ...