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Certainty hires former PlanTech exec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
... administration. Certainty Financial is an independently-owned corporate advisory firm providing superannuation, group risk plans, financial planning and business risk management related services.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
... or 1.21 per cent, at 2,596.36. LONDON - Britain's leading share index rose 1.47 per cent, lifted by US President Bush's plans to tackle the subprime mortgage crisis, which has plagued global financial markets for the past two months. The FTSE 100 was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
... manager John Borghetti will speak at American Chamber of Commerce in Australia lunch, perhaps revealing more of Qantas's plans. On Wednesday, the Australian sharemarket closed sharply lower as weakness in US markets overshadowed local company earnings ...

AFS launches business school

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
The Australian Financial Planners Services Group (AFS) has announced plans to open a business school allowing financial planners to grow their skills in running their operations. Beginning in October, the school will offer no financial planning strategy ...

Labor supports financial services export push

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
... significant flow-on benefits for associated service providers." In his speech, the Shadow Minister also revealed Labor's plans for a "Centre of Excellence" in financial services to assist in policy coordination and advice on financial services reforms ...

Cuscal branches outside credit unions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
... Cuscal spend money to build a platform for future growth," said John Gilbert, Cuscal chief executive, when he explained plans to widen their revenue base. "We've now branched out to specialist ADIs [approved deposit taking institutions], finance companies ...

ASIC to tighten debenture regulations

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
... professionals (such as analysts) or the coverage the financial media provides for many listed outlets." As a result, ASIC also plans to tighten reporting requirements, with compulsory audited quarterly and half-yearly reports. Funds will also have to ...

SEQUAL toughens 'no negative equity' rules

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
... worked with CHOICE on the code, following a poor result in a reverse mortgage 'shadow shop' early this year and a subsequent plans and contracts review that showed only 10 out of 23 reverse mortgage loans had a no negative equity guarantee. The studies ...

Howard flags infrastructure fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
The Prime Minister John Howard has announced plans to establish an infrastructure fund similar to that proposed by the Labor party, with a minimum of one per cent of budget surpluses to go into the fund. The announcement came as part of his five-year ...

The big bounce

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... the RBA figure, for new customers on its standard variable home loan. So far, the NAB is the only big lender to announce plans to lift its rates by 25 basis points. Its peers seem reluctant to pass on higher rates to customers as they try to regain mortgage ...