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Brumbie: The only Budget numbers that matter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
... on fiscal terms, as too many experts always seem to get tricked into doing, therefore misses the point. It won't however stop us attending briefings tomorrow so experts can explain to us with their laser pointers on their Powerpoint slide screens how ...

Court stops pair posing as bank

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has obtained court orders to prevent the unauthorised financial business 'The Federal State Bank of Australia' from calling itself or acting like a bank. The supposed "bank" was held up as an institution ...

Web videocalls invigorate rural banking and remote advice

... of the business... and with videoconferencing, we're trying to enhance our services to our customers," said Dupe. The next stop is the use of iris technology as a means to verify the identity of their account holders. "I think potentially signatures ...

Global economy usurps local risks

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
The global economy is more autonomous than at any time in our history, according to AXA's chief investment officer, Mark Dutton, and therefore risks cannot be looked at as sector-specific or in isolation. Dutton said that whereas historically the world ...

For women, by women

... the superwoman's hectic schedule and will book appointments around lunch time and before or after work. To provide a one-stop shop service, they have teamed up with mortgage consultant group Money Seekers. Carrington Street is to be the first of several ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2007
... determining water allocations. On the international front the Japanese economy has continued to show promise after a few stop starts over the last year with bank lending rising 1.3 per cent in February, and Machine tool orders increasing by 15.9 per ...

Lock up your gains: AUI

... could see a loss of capital which they will not have time to restore before retirement." Instead, Bryant urged investors to stop chasing the highest returns and re-balance their income risk and capital risk, particularly since 2007 is fast shaping up ...

China booming to a bubble?

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
There are growing concerns that a bubble is forming in the Chinese stock market as local investors drive up prices to record levels, with over 1.4 million new trading accounts opening up in January alone. The Chinese Banking Regulation Commission (CBRC) ...

Top insurers join with IFF to help with mental health

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
... of industry super funds across Australia," said Mendoza. "SuperFriend will be delivered through a website - the only one-stop-shop - supported by printed educational materials. The web gateway to mental health services will help educate members and guide ...

Party like it's 1999: Allianz Global

... into next year after MacDonald said mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity will continue. "There is no reason for it to stop. Despite slowdown in liquidity creation, we are not at the end of this corporate activity cycle yet," she said. On the domestic ...