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Wikis may be working for Westpac

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
The arrival of Gail Kelly at the helm of Westpac may accelerate the bank's adoption of "Web 2.0" tools such as blogs, wikis and social networks, allowing staff to share information freely and collaborate online. The bank already has around 1000 user ...

High rates pose threat to direct property

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... cent or $24.7 billion in 2007, up from $21.6 billion from the year before, noted new research by PIR. Dugald Higgins, associate director of PIR, claims that the growth momentum looks set to charge ahead despite the downward trends of Australia's listed ...

SEQUAL calls for better RM literacy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
Reverse mortgage peak body, SEQUAL, is calling for government support to educate retirees on the benefits of reverse mortgages after a survey revealed 60 per cent of retirees do not understand them. Retail Finance Intelligence (RFI) interviewed 1000 ...

Centrelink lends hand on fin literacy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
Centrelink has tweaked its financial literacy program to reflect new changes to superannuation and tax rules. While many finance institutions have joined the financial literacy trail only in the past few years, Centrelink has been providing free financial ...

Asia Pac equities in the red

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
The recent declines in Asian equities may have opened a myriad of investment opportunity windows globally, but investors should adopt a cautious approach to avoid being stung by poor quality investments. Following the recent declines in Asian equities ...

Something interesting about rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... deserves to be discredited." "Interest rates are therefore very important signals," he said. Even so, Tony Pensabene, associate director of economics and research at the Australian Industry Group, told the audience that interest rates don't always seem ...

Cautiously upbeat: Economists Forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
... disconnect forces the realisation that on decoupling the debate is over, he said. Market esoterics aside, Tony Pensabene, associate director of economics and research at the Australian Industry Group, said, "We need to talk about the real economy, like ...

Boot camp for ING sales staff

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
... aspiring sales staff in an effort to grow the company's product awareness among consumers. The Business Development Associate (BDA) program will be implemented across the company's regional sales divisions, and is designed to heighten adviser awareness ...

NAB FP switches to fee for advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
After more than four years of providing financial planning using both the commission and fee-for-advice payment models, NAB Financial Planning's 400-strong network will only charge fee-for-advice only to new clients starting this year. "We feel the ...

Mercer expands RI team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... Jacobson, Eric Gelfgren, Xinting Jia and Megumi Terayama join the responsible investment team. Jia was appointed to associate of the responsible investment division having completed a PhD in governance and corporate responsibility. Terayama was selected ...