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ALP wants industry funds on awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
... with their calls to cut foreign withholding tax, but their call to make industry funds the automatic default super choice for industrial awards is less likely to be so well received by wealth managers. Peter Dutton, Minister for Revenue and Assistant ...

AMP takes underwriting online

... Fitzgerald, AMP's director of risk insurance. "The online version of the service, easywrite office, presents another choice for customers. Customers can now sit alongside their planner and work through a personal statement together online," she added. ...

Economic round up: offshore outsourcing outsourced

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... professionals by 2010. With Mexico's strong domestic IT market and compatible time zone with the US it was an obvious choice for TCS to open a global delivery centre there to service its US clients. Still it seems a little ironic that the offshore outsourcing ...

US giant targets local mortgage insurance market

... products to Australia. Our preliminary discussions with lenders have reaffirmed our belief that Australia is the right choice for MGIC's initial international expansion," said Culver. The ratings firm have rated the new company favourably with an AA ...

LDI spurs growth of bond derivatives

... 30 to 40 per cent who intend to adopt the approach. But with scarce supply of inflation-linked bonds, the product of choice for LDI, investors are looking into alternative bond-like assets. "LDI has certainly increased pressure to find long duration ...

JUST SUPER hits high note

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2007
... PSS/CSS, the orchestras' previous super providers, to employees' future super contributions. "JUST SUPER was a natural choice for these organisations," said Caroline Lee, acting chief executive of JUST SUPER. "More than half of the employees involved ...

Just debit it: Centricom

... online shopping market, where growth is being held back by a lack of trust in using online payment systems and a lack of choice for merchants and consumers," said Simon Warner, CEO of Centricom. Warner commends eBay's business model which incorporates ...

US losing grip on depositary receipts: JPMorgan

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2007
... to be attractive to investors seeking cross-border exposure. "The depositary receipt continues to be the vehicle of choice for issuers to efficiently access global capital markets and for investors to gain global equity exposure," said Claudine Cardillo-Rivot ...

AXA provides more lending facilities

... research advice and paraplanning. "And more importantly, [Alliere] also gives advisers the flexibility to offer more choice for their clients," he added, explaining that some finance brokers might be tied to just two to three banks which doesn't really ...

Banks burdened by regulatory overkill

... markets leader. "Plus there is a risk that retail products are being commoditised, stifling product innovation and choice for customers." Alongside over-regulation, survey respondents also complained about political interference, fluctuating commodity ...