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Finding integrity in finance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
Young, smart, and ambitious - some of the finance industry's up and coming stars gathered for the IFSA Future Leaders lunch yesterday to learn about integrity, leadership and how they can change today's wealth management industry. New financial planners ...

Online insurance lost in cyberspace

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... for insurance online can save up to ten per cent more than buying them through conventional means - but the online revolution seems to be slow on the uptake, a new survey shows. According to a recent Allianz poll, only 32 per cent of Australians aged ...

Bear market poses threat to mining

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... this downward market I'm not going to put more money into [the sector]?" D'Amato drew parallels between the mining revolution with the IT growth a decade ago, and said that a similar bubble burst could occur in the materials space. Despite the doom and ...

We knew it all along: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... deflationary cycle that had been underpinned by three major trends: first, a much talked about productivity boost from the ICT revolution, especially in the so-called 'new economy' of the United States; second, an increasingly talked about rapid industrialisation ...

Garnaut Review heralds an economic revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
Climate change to date has largely just been a political weapon but the Garnaut Climate Change Review presents a picture that could revolutionise how Australia's economy operates. The first challenge to conventional thinking is that despite Australia ...

Operation auction squad

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
While the US Fed crafts yet another master plan to fix the sub-prime fiasco, a quiet revolution is happening inside Australia's Reserve Bank. The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the US Federal Reserve and the Swiss National ...

AIG's insurance web revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
The insurance web revolution has taken an extra step forward with AIG's release of their latest website that fully integrates underwriting with business flow management and administration. "Thirty per cent of call centre inquiries concern insurance ...

The new government: what it means

... rebate will cover up to $7,500 out-of-pocket expenses per child paid every three months. Under the so-called 'education revolution', eligible parents will get a 50 per cent refund each year for up to $750 of education expenses for each child attending ...

India: a country within a country

ALEX DUNNIN REPORTING FROM MUMBAI AND NEW DELHI AT THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... culture to keep much more of their capital in the country rather than always export it, said Gelfand. The investment revolution is an overflow from this too, said Sanjay Sachdev, India country manager for Shinsei Corporate Advisory Services who used ...

SAP and CSC join forces on pricing

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
Business software provider SAP has announced a joint venture with Computer Sciences Corporation to create a new pricing scenario program for CSC's bank clients. The new joint venture will combine SAP's Price Optimization software with CSC's Hogan Core ...