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Financial services digging deep for FICAP

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
The Financial Industry Community Aid Programme (FICAP) has signed up another three platinum sponsors for its charity concert next month. ANZ, Colonial First State and RNC Global Projects have joined returning sponsors BT Financial Group and Perpetual ...

RBA right to cut rates and correct to hold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... news out last night are positive. Italian bond yields fell sharply to 6.16% after the government unveiled a a,-30 bil programme of austerity measures. Also, Merkel and Sarkozy are reportedly getting closer to resolving their differences ahead of Friday's ...

A liquid Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... extension. The swap arrangement is already in operation after the Fed revived it in May last year - after closing the 2007 programme in February 2010 - and set to be in operation till 1 August next year (now extended to 1 February 2013). Never mind. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
The Australian share market at noon on Wednesday was lower, dragged back by weaker resources and financial sectors. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 25.5 points, or 0.62 per cent, lower at 4,107.5, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

DST Global Solutions launches HiPortfolio upgrade

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... latest in a regular cycle of functional and technical enrichment, based on client needs and DST Global Solutions R&D programme. "In today's cost constrained environment, investment managers are looking to maximise value from their core systems with wider ...

Accountants partner up with AXA and MLC to offer financial advice

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
Accountants are partnering up with AXA and MLC to provide the Institute of Public Accountants' 6,300 public practice members with a financial services package. The move comes in response to planned FOFA reforms, which will remove accountants' exemption ...

FICAP on course for another successful fundraising event

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
The Financial Community Aid Programme is gearing up for another smash hit RockStar concert next year, with all proceeds from the event going to Open Family Australia and the new FICAP Voices' mentoring program managed by YWCA NSW. The annual fundraiser ...

APRA executive appointed secretary general of Basel

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... recommend standards and guidelines for central banks and banking authorities. In 2008 the committee developed a reform programme in response to the global financial crisis, which delivers on the mandates for banking sector reforms established by the ...

Indigenous Australians offered chance to Clime career ladder

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... firms to follow their lead and change perceptions within the industry. Clime has signed up to a school based traineeship programme run by the Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES), which aims to help young indigenous people find employment and build careers. ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011