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Credit unions mount 'social' battle against banks

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
The association representing credit unions and building societies is jumping on the election year to launch a new campaign designed to give bank customers a fairer deal. With the election only seven months away, industry body Abacus Australian Mutuals ...

Rubik acquires Provisio

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
Rubik Financial, an ASX-listed global financial technology company, today announced a conditional agreement to acquire Provisio Software. Provisio is a significant player in the scaled and online advice markets providing software to large super fund ...

Van Eyk warns against New Year financial predictions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
Van Eyk head of Strategic Research Jonathan Ramsay warned financial advisers and investors against New Year financial predictions and asked them to "think carefully before acting on the latest round of New Year predictions for economies and markets." ...

Super Springboard scholarships for women announced

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Women in Super (WIS) have announced the recipients of the Super Springboard scholarships. A joint initiative of AIST and WIS, Super Springboard is a 12-month program for women interested ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
The Australian share market has briefly broken through the 5,000 point mark as a better than expected profit by Commonwealth Bank boosts sentiment. At 1030 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 39.8 points, or 0.8 per cent, at 4,998.8 ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
Gains by the major banks have pushed the Australian share market toward the 5,000 point level. At 1042 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 16.3 points, or 0.33 per cent, at 4,975.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had ...

FoFA anxiety remains high: FPA

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
Compliance and the cost of regulation are the main concerns for financial planning businesses in the current environment, said the Financial Planning Association after a survey. Recent research shows that Future of Financial Advice compliance and the ...

ETF entrepreneur donates generously to uni

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
Multi-millionaire global commodities trader Graham Tuckwell and his wife Louise have donated $50 million to fund scholarships for undergraduates at the Australian National University. Under plans laid out in the largest donation ever made to Australian ...

Banks raise $15bn in wholesale markets

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
Based on strong underlying appetite for Australian bank paper and improved wholesale funding costs - significantly below the rates they're willing to pay for term deposits - total funds raised by major Australian banks in the wholesale markets just ...

Super funds get serious about social media

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
With social media becoming increasingly more powerful as a means of systemising client engagement, a clear strategy is needed for targeting members and managing risk, according to Buchan Consulting. Tom Buchan principal of Buchan Consulting is recognising ...