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Westpac lends aid to financial counsellors and SMEs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
Westpac will provide $1 million in funding and support to financial counselling organisations and expand its financial hardship program, Assist, into small-to-medium (SME) business lending. Westpac Group chief Gail Kelly said the $1 million in funding ...

AIRC sets more default super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... Labor's oxymoronic process treats working Australians as sheep, unable to discern for themselves the type of fund required to plan for their retirement." While the AIRC has been criticised, the new Award provisions largely extend default arrangements ...

PIS adds Olicc software

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
Professional Investment Services (PIS) is implementing Olicc Technologies' software to assist the group's financial advisors track commissions and other key performance data. The Olicc Enterprise Solution will be integrated with PIS' Commission Lodgement ...

GFC Problem solved

... declared that, 'This is the day the world came together to fight back against the global recession, not with words but with a plan for global recovery and reform.' Ah yes, not with words but a plan. Problem solved. Again, not so fast. Walk the talk. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher following big gains on all world markets as world leaders announced new plans to mend leading economies. At 0725 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up 56 points ...

Another super buy for Snowball

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
Dealer group Snowball has snapped up the corporate super business of Thornton Group - marking the financial services firm's continued buying spree. In an Australian Securities Exchange statement yesterday, Snowball announced it had acquired the corporate ...

RBC Dexia bids faxes goodbye

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
RBC Dexia has taken additional steps to move custodial managed funds processing from being a manual to an automated approach following the adoption of the SWIFT messaging for Australian funds. Under the new service, the custodial services provider can ...

Super funds to show long-term returns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... just in annual reports, following new government rules. The new measures mean all returns at an investment option or sub plan level need to be disclosed in percentage terms rather than the just declaring the unit price, a move that will challenge not ...

Make love not leverage

... completely purged out of its system. This process of repair would be hastened if the G20 leaders come up with a concerted plan of action and walk their talk. Until then, there will be protesters shouting, 'Bankers are ?' Benjamin Ong Do you want access ...

AMPFP restructures research team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
AMP Financial Planning has recruited three new members to its products research team - including the replacement to former research manager Jerome Bodisco - and is in talks with five research houses as part of a fundamental review of its products research ...