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Banks to face liquidity crisis "fire drills": APRA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... European counterparts, an outcome that has been partly credited to APRA's regulatory framework. The pre-emptory move to safeguard investor money in another crisis comes at a cost. ADIs will have to ensure the right systems are in place for them to comply ...

Playing chicken with tyres

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
Don't look now but the debate as to what letter of the alphabet the global recovery will take - U, V or W - could all turn out to be wrong. It could be an L with the horizontal part of the letter longer and downward sloping. Trust politicians to try ...

RE model should be reviewed: PIS

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... increasingly questioning the Responsible Entity system and said a return to the previous "trustee" model could be a solution to safeguard investors from collapses such as those of Great Southern and Timbercorp. Grahame Evans, managing director of the ...

Changing the face of super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
Market your super fund as a financial security company and you'll engage the most materialistic group of people in history - Generation Y, said an industry expert. Scott Pape, author and founder of The Barefoot Investor and a speaker at today's Rainmaker ...

Diamonds are an investor's best friend

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... declined as much as 35 per cent this year. But as wealth investors see the increased attraction of collectable assets to safeguard their wealth, this is having a knock-on effect in the insurance industry which is witnessing climbing valuations. "In the ...

RIAA adds more members

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
Super Safeguard, The FTSE Group - Australia and Trucost are the new members of the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA). UBS Wealth Management financial adviser, Bernie Connolly; Fortuna Capital Partners consultant, Brookes McTavish ...

Advisors more important than ever: Sherry

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
The global financial crisis has thrust the importance of advisors into the limelight - highlighting their roles in safeguarding the wealth and superannuation savings of Australians, according to the Minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator ...

UN staff pension in "safe" hands

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
The $45 billion United Nations Joint Staff Pension fund (UNJSPF) chief executive has emphasised the fund is well positioned to meet benefit payments in a bid to allay growing member fears. Bernard CochemA(C), UNJSPF chief executive, said the financial ...

CHOICE warns of online fraud

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
Consumer watchdog CHOICE has outlined a list of online identity fraud techniques to protect consumers against the growing threat. CHOICE estimates identity fraud costs Australians roughly $1 billion affecting 500,000 people every year. Most are hit ...

Deloitte warns against split regulation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
Deloitte supports the federal government's Green Paper on financial services and credit reform but warned against separately regulating mortgage and non-mortgage lenders. Phil Hardy, Deloitte banking and finance specialist, said the firm was concerned ...