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Paper bank statements ignored by UK consumers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
Australia is not the only developed nation that believes it has a financial literacy and awareness problem as Barclays Bank in the UK has just released the results of a study that found Britain may have an even worse problem. The study found 36% of ...

New MLC product protects retirees from volatility

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
MLC has outlined plans to launch a new MasterKey Investment Protection product to help Australians protect their retirement savings from ongoing volatility in equity markets. MLC's new retirement product offers two forms of protection, protected capital ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
Australian stocks have opened flat as gains in the healthcare and utilities sectors were offset by weakness among energy and financial companies. At 1028 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 3.5 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 4,391.2 ...

SSgA names wholesale vice president

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has named Amy Johnston as vice president of wholesale sales, to lead its expansion into the Australian wholesale channel. Johnston joins from Goldman Sachs Asset Management where she held the role as a national accounts ...

Heritage Bank launches online RSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
Heritage Bank has launched an online-only Retirement Savings Account (RSA), known as Secure Super Account. Heritage Bank's Secure Super Account is protected by the Australian Government's deposit guarantee and will pay an interest rate that tracks 0.5 ...

BT: Focus on Count disproportionate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
The focus on Count practices that have moved to BT ignores larger market issues, according to BT Financial's Mark Spiers, which in the last 12 months have prompted a total of 34 practices to shift to BT dealer groups. Moving to quash rumours of practices ...

Lazard faces losses on Hastie collapse

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
Private equity firm Lazard is among the Hastie Group creditors facing potential losses, after the engineering firm yesterday entered voluntary administration and operations were suspended. Lazard invested in the firm last year as part of a $160 million ...

Northern Trust secures UK charity mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
Northern Trust has won a GBP345 million mandate from The Nesta Trust for custody and related services. The mandate represents Northern Trust's focus on charities, foundations and endowments following recent wins in the UK from the Health Foundation ...

The majority is wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
"Baby what a big surprise Right before my very eyes" - Chicago Yesterday we became witnesses on how the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) disproved the saying that, "the majority is always right". It kept the country's official cash rate unchanged at ...

FSC chief made chair of Landcom

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
Head of the Financial Services Council John Brogden will step down from the board of the Sydney Ports Corporation in the wake of his appointment as chair of another state owned body. New South Wales Planning Minister Brad Hazzard announced on Friday ...