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Westpac restructures fin services and tech

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... officer Simon McNamara left the company last week. He will take on a new post as chief information officer for Standard Chartered's global consumer banking business in Singapore next month.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... the financial health of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae unsettled some investors who sold their shares in the government-chartered finance firms. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average posted a rise of 81.58 points, or 0.73 percent, to close at 11,229.02. ...

Wash sales left to dry: GMK Centric

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
... could face massive fines if they promote the use of 'wash sale' strategies to gain a tax break for their clients, warns chartered accountancy GMK Centric. A wash sale is when an investor buys and sells a security through two different brokers to recognise ...

HSBC names new head in personal fin services

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... Commonwealth Bank, establishing its premium banking service. Prior to that he worked in South Africa as a qualified chartered accountant and in corporate finance before migrating to Australia.

Canadian RMBS not the answer: S&P

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... said Bayley. "If you look at how the Canadian market works, the provision of mortgage finance is dominated by the six chartered banks over there - they account for 85 per cent of the market. Such a model will not work in Australia if you introduce it ...

Primed and ready for growth

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
The WalterTurnbull-owned property manager PrimeSpace draws from its chartered accounting roots to offer investors something traditional property managers can't. "We are chartered accountants. If we look to apply that integrity, it's a major point of ...

Browne & Co joins Securitor

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
The Securitor financial planning network extends its reach in New South Wales after chartered accountant, Browne & Co, joined the group. Joining the Securitor group means Browne & Co's financial planning division, BEX, can access the dealer group's ...

Watson Wyatt appoints new global head

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... the director of the investment consulting practice in the Americas. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst. Urwin, global head of investment consulting at Watson Wyatt, said: "While I have thoroughly enjoyed ...

Ken Done sues over $53m bad advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... $10 billion plus in FUA. Bentley Barton & Partners went into receivership roughly three years ago and Grubers Beckett Chartered Accountants bought the client base, said a spokesperson from Grubers Beckett Chartered Accountants. The spokesperson said ...

AFA maps education Pathway

... planners. It's nearly a year of consultation with members but the group has finally launched Pathway to FChFP (Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner), a four-pronged course with a difference. To be eligible, the planner should already have at least ...