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Check pay before shifting OS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
Before taking that overseas job offer Australian would-be expats need to carefully weigh up whether the pay jump is worth the move. Research just released by Mercer reveals that for the second year running Moscow is the world's most expensive city for ...

Economic round-up: A greener shade of dirty

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
China may be turning green after all as it finds the business of cleaning-up to be a financially lucrative one. Power generation is the biggest source of CO2 in America and until recently America was the biggest producer of CO2 in the world. But China's ...

Economic round-up: Infrastructure - sink or swim?

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2007
Weakness in our infrastructure just wont go away as a new report by the Prime Minister's chief scientific panel warns that climate changes are presenting further challenges to infrastructure and the future of our economy. Independent think tank, CEDA ...

People to power advice of the future

A financial planner's biggest expense - people - is also their biggest asset and will power the success of practices into the future. Speakers at yesterday's Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Financial Standard Luncheon Club Series for Financial ...

Use super for national interests: Weaven

Industry funds management chair Garry Weaven has called on the government to harness the superannuation system to offset costs relating to climate change, infrastructure and the retirement needs of an ageing population. In an address to the National ...

Local banks face global assault

A leading e-commerce expert is urging local banks to re-evaluate their IT services or risk losing market share to global providers. The power has shifted from banks to the customers and the provider who can handle the scale and global demands of financial ...

A merger made in heaven

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
It looks as though Reuters and Thomson, the second and third-largest providers of financial data respectively, are set to tie the knot in a match made in heaven. The boards of Reuters and Thomson have confirmed they are negotiating a union that will ...

Bevan to hit retail mortgage market for six

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
Former test cricketer and one-day star Michael Bevan has entered what will hopefully be a winning partnership with consultancy The Franchise Shop to establish a chain of retail mortgage franchises around the country. Michael Bevan Mortgages ambitiously ...

Next signs with Bravura again

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
Next Financial renewed its contract with Bravura Solutions for two more years to supply the administration systems to power Next's managed accounts. Next Financial has chosen to remain with Bravura and renew the contract for the supply of Bravura's ...

Public equity under pressure

"The issue is not private equity but what's wrong with public equity," said Future Fund chairman, David Murray, as the debate heats up over the long-term impact of private equity takeovers on the publicly listed companies sector. Commenting on the round ...