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NAB financial planner guilty of fraud

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2006
A former NAB financial planner has pleaded guilty to 13 criminal counts of dishonest conduct and fraud in the District Court of NSW. Paul Drakos, from the Central Coast in NSW, yesterday entered a guilty plea to eight counts of dishonestly obtaining ...

Emerging markets to bounce back after correction

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2006
Emerging market equities came under the spotlight in last week's global markets downturn with some predicting a fall in investors' appetite for risk, but economists say it only signals a temporary correction for the sector. According to State Street's ...

Coin upgrades insurance software

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2006
Coin Software has announced the imminent release of the upgraded version 2.5 of its Coin Office software, incorporating a new insurance module called "Inc". Production of the upgrade began in October last year and will be rolled out to existing clients ...

Daily economic update

US economic data continues to surprise on the upside, creating doubts over expectations that the US Federal Reserve is nearly finished with its interest rate hikes. US factory orders surged by 4.2 per cent in March following an upwardly revised gain ...

Life insurers and 25 AFSL holders under ASIC microscope

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has launched formal investigations into 25 AFSL holders and will be watching life insurers closely, as a result of its latest license breaches report announced this week. The regulator has ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
This week's Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board meeting takes on a particular significance in light of the higher than expected Australian headline CPI inflation report for the March quarter. Last week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2006
In an unexpected move, the Peoples Bank of China increased its one year lending rate to 5.85 per cent - the first increase since October 2004 - from 5.58 per cent. Undoubtedly the move was taken in order to cool China's overheating economy. Chinese ...

Daily economic update

... manufacturing index fell to 15.81 in April from 29.03 in the previous month. This is the index's weakest posting since October - above zero indicates more manufacturers reporting improvement - and bigger than expectations for a decline to 24.3. The components ...

Daily economic update

The US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) began its two-day meeting last night - the first meeting under the chairmanship of Ben Bernanke. There is almost a unanimous expectation that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by 25 basis points ...

APRA to give guidance on the risks of outsourcing

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released a discussion paper and draft standards giving guidance on managing the risks associated with outsourcing. The discussion paper was issued with draft prudential standards and a prudential ...