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Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
Gung Hay Fat Choy! The English version of Happy New Year has not worked for financial markets so far. Perhaps the Chinese one will. The web says that in Cantonese these words also mean 'may prosperity be with you.' Indeed, may prosperity be with us ...

Super funds fight for human rights

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... Detainees described some custody officers as 'aggressive', 'intimidating' and 'unhelpful', especially to those without English, though senior officers were better and education staff were praised. "Sodexo has shown a serious commitment to correcting ...

Qld planner named Telstra Business Woman finalist

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... its independent financial planning licence through ASIC in a record three days. She is also currently writing a plain English book about superannuation for novice investors. "With the hard times in the share market at the moment, we're refining our client ...

Introducing the Burnie Pub PDS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
The government moves to scrap Latin-like, 100-page product disclosure statements (PDSs) in favour of plain English four-page forms by creating a template to prove it can be done. Today Senator Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law ...

FinLit teachers package released

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... superannuation and corporate law. The resource materials will be incorporated into core school curriculum subjects, including English and mathematics, and across all years from Kindergarten to Year 10. Senator Sherry said a teacher training program will ...

Private banker joins Macquarie

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... joins Macquarie from Swiss private banking organisation Rothschild, where he was based in Guernsey, situated within the English Channel. He has over 20 years experience in the wealth management industry. O'Donnell was acting managing director for 15 ...

From PDS doorstoppers to digests

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... employer superannuation head of product and marketing, said the reduced PDS was designed to present the information in "plain English". According to Peter Promnitz, Mercer chief executive, firms that reduced their PDS are better able to communicate key ...

English FX specialist turns local

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
Uk-based foreign exchange and payments specialist, Caxton FX, has made the leap into the Australian forex market - throwing a fresh challenge to banking institutions that have traditionally been the dominant players in the forex sector. The company ...

Automate at ILOG speed

... when needed without having to call a programmer because, in layman speak, ILOG software can set up the rules in plain English, rather than in IT language. For example, Haren cites the case of a stockbroker who customised his ILOG software to the individual ...

Billionaire bull run

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007