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Banks to fund consumer IT security: Symantec

... have all the answers but we think we've got the building blocks," he said. Symantec is the company behind popular mom-and-dad anti-virus software Norton Anti-Virus. In response to emerging consumer and corporate trends, their suite of software products ...

Inaction is not the best action

Industry experts have argued that the recent market correction should compel mums-and-dads to re-balance their investment portfolios, not sit back and wait for the storm to pass. Michael Hutton, financial planning partner of HLB Mann Judd Sydney, said ...

Banks under growing IT security threat: Deloitte

... colleague, Deloitte Security partner Dean Kingsley commented, "We're not talking about a teenager using his laptop at mum and dad's house anymore." Rather, IT break-ins are done by professionals who have expensive and elaborate IT infrastructure, usually ...

All is fair in love and bankruptcy

Small business mums and dads will be the worst affected by the new bankruptcy rule that allows bankruptcy trustees to take away the family home even if only one spouse goes bankrupt, regardless of who paid what for the property. Geoff McDonald, barrister ...

Macq offers world hedge through Equinox

Macquarie Portfolio Management has launched a fund that offers mums and dads access to the top hedge fund managers in Asia and other emerging markets. Called Equinox Select Opportunities Trust, the fund will invest in eight different component funds ...

MillhouseIAG brings private equity to retail

Private equity fund manager MillhouseIAG is using its international private equity clout to bring the best deals to retail investors at home. MillhouseIAG is a Brisbane-based fund manager with operations in Singapore, Germany and the US. It was started ...

CommSec buys direct-to-retail rival NevWard

Commonwealth Bank-owned CommSec has bought Neville Ward Direct for an undisclosed sum late last month, a deal that effectively doubles CommSec's arm that offers managed funds directly to mums-and-dads. CommSec's executive manager in broking Arnie Selvarajah ...

Mum and dad investors want a slice of the private equity pie

Private equity was once the domain of institutional investors but a rising number of companies are re-writing the rules by launching private equity funds tailored to retail investors. Macquarie is one of the first off the rank with its unlisted global ...

Young business owners to shun 'bricks and mortar' lending

... loan from day-to-day business activities," he said. The trend away from traditional security is also good news for mum-and-dad businesses that suffer from periodic cash flow problems. The Australian Bureau of Statistics has found that some 4,440 small ...

Secured creditors called on for help in Westpoint bungle

The head of the financial planner-funded Westpoint Recovery Fund, Ian Bristow, has called on Westpoint's secured creditors such as ING, MFS, LM Investment and Perpetual, to help salvage investments poured into the company before it's too late. Three ...