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New tech counters terrorist attacks

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... director, financial services for Logica Australia. "The volume of domestic payments for many banks is between 10 and 100 times greater than their number of international payments. The need for a filtering solution that can scale up and deal with these ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
... chief executive Jonathan Ling addresses the Trans-Tasman Building Circle on `Fletcher Building - challenges ahead in tougher times'. The Australian share market closed more than one per cent lower on Tuesday as banking losses overwhelmed gains in the ...

Franchise banking attract planners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... CBA's banking unit for planners comes in. Creighton said that unlike other lenders that could only lend around 1.7 to 2.5 times multiple of a planning practice's recurring revenue, the bank could lend up to 100 per cent or 2.5 to 3.5 times recurring ...

DWS hedge offers daily liquidity

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... 7.96 per cent. "Fund-of-hedge funds are generally a defensive asset as they aim for low correlation with growth assets in times of market stress. These risk/return characteristics mean the DWS Strategic Value funds can provide diversification benefits ...

Population growth hits 36 year high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
... was that despite a media focus on refugee asylum policy, immigration during the years 1997-2007 increased two-and-a-half times from 72,200 to its current level. The migration boom also helps explain the sustained economic growth Australia experienced ...

AXA planner profitability model delivers

... across its dealer group just under a year ago proved to be a winning formula helping planners who took it up to deliver six times more than those who opted out of the service. In August last year, AXA launched a three-pronged business improvement program ...

Iron Ore price jumps 85 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
... numbers from agriculture, the real revenues are from minerals and energy exports as their values are forecast to grow six times more than those from agriculture, or around $178 billion in 2008-09. This is up 48 per cent in just one year. Illustrating ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
... the end of last week as investors girded for an interest rate policy meeting of the Federal Reserve amid troubled economic times. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended down a slight 0.33 points at 11,842.36. The tech-dominated Nasdaq composite sank ...

Commodities investors nervous about inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... demand will continue to translate into high share prices and protect them to insulate them against inflation. The Financial Times reported over the weekend that research from share registry group Capita shows private investors to be adjusting down their ...

Allianz wheels insurance for motor trade

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... control of a company. The firm's brokers can electronically transact the new insurance product, ensuring quicker confirmation times on quotes and less manual proposal forms. "Allianz is the only insurer to offer all brokers and agents a full lifecycle ...