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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open firmer following a strong Wall Street rise. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0740 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up 13 points at 5,456. Today, News Corp releases its first quarter results ...

Reverse mortgages better than starvation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
Reverse mortgage products may not be the ideal product but they are better than starvation, and if they can help someone finally fix that bathroom the quality of life benefits can be huge. "The problem is they can be seen as admission of abject failure ...

Innovation is king: Russell

Innovative thinking has the power to increase investor returns without the extra risks, said Russell Investment Group's US based chief investment officer, Tom Hanly, at a Sydney conference today. Hanly said that fund managers have to constantly find ...

Future Fund is a government subsidiary: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
... endorsed the proposed manner in which conflicts will be handled. "There are strong protections against the misuse of this power - if the board considers that the new mandate is inconsistent with the basic objectives of the Future Fund it has the right ...

Reverse mortgage regulation lacks cohesion

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
Regulation is one of the key talking points around the equity release and reverse mortgage industry, but the Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) conference last week heard that no one body yet has the jurisdiction to regulate ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open weaker following Wall Street's fall overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0738 AEST, the December share price index contract was 20 points lower at 5266. Today the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Dieters to chair FPA for another year

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2006
Corinna Dieters will continue as chair of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) after being unanimously re-elected by the board. Dieters was also elected to the board as a voting member director for two years in 2004, but she will abdicate this position ...

APRA to flex its muscle with outsourcing deals

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
Under the terms of new prudential guidelines, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will have the power to conduct onsite inspections of companies undertaking outsourcing work for financial institutions under its supervision. But signaling ...

Product complexity blamed for systemic errors

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2006
Complex product packages of the kind that have become increasingly common in retail banking are a major cause of systemic problems in the banking system, according to the Banking and Financial Services Ombudsman (BFSO). The BFSO issued a report last ...

Financial Standard launches eFinancialCareers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2006
Financial Standard has joined forces with the specialist financial services recruitment group eFinancialCareers to launch FinancialStandard.eFinancialCareers. eFinancialCareers is part of the Financial News group operating in the US, the UK and now ...