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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2006
Following the 178 recommendations of the Productivity Commission Taskforce on how the government might reduce bureaucratic problems associated with the administration of the GST and FBT, Treasurer Costello has announced that 158 of the recommendations ...

Merrill Lynch appoints BDM for WA

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2006
... role of state manager (WA) and be responsible for sales in both retail and institutional markets. Barker was formerly associate director for funds management and corporate sectors with property group Aspen and has worked with the former Securities Institute ...

Gender pay equity in banking getting worse: FSU

... of elementary clerical workers and 77 per cent of intermediate clerical workers being women. Yet only 33 per cent of associate banking professionals are women and only 32 per cent of managers and administrators are women. But the clincher number is that ...

SSgA raises bar on absolute returns

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) in the US is beefing up its 'absolute return strategies' with a new quant tool and three high profile hirings. Jonathan Chanis, Henri Fouda, and Todor Georgiev from Caxton Associates, Mellon Capital Management and ...

SimCorp appoints project manager

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2006
... Fraser will report to SimCorp Asia's customer director, Dennis Brandt. Fraser joins SimCorp from his role as a senior associate with Miles Corporate Services where he worked with directors and shareholders to facilitate divestments, business restructures ...

Lo-doc lending headaches

Are lo-doc loans too high maintenance? While the Big Four banks have all jumped on the lo-doc bandwagon, consulting firm Deloitte said other finance groups are starting to question the business model behind non-conforming loans. Lo-doc loans or non-conforming ...

Another Elm associate banned by ASIC

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a financial adviser associated with the failed Elm Financial Services group for three years for his part in convincing a couple to invest $1 million in a failed product. Sydney adviser ...

IMAP the new managed accounts association

... independent industry body called the Institute of Managed Account Providers (IMAP). IMAP is the brainchild of Tracy Byrne, associate director at managed accounts (MA) provider Direct Portfolio Services. She is spearheading the launch of IMAP alongside ...

Principal creates retail role

... accounts, staff management and business development in retail distribution. He has also worked as a business development associate with leading fund manager Colonial First State. The new appointment was made on the back of the group's expansion plans ...

Finsia and ASX to educate advisers on listed products

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2006
The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and the Financial Services Institute of Australia (Finsia) today announced the launch of a new training program focused on listed financial products. Research undertaken by the ASX and published in 2005 found that ...