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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
Notes on the Australian System of National Accounts released yesterday showed that while GDP increased by 2.8 per cent in 2005-06, GDP per capita increased by 1.5 per cent. The household savings ratio, which has been on a downward spiral for three decades ...

Former Zurich CFO banned by APRA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
... reinsurance agreement between ZAIL and CGRA. Stanbridge admitted involvement in the preparation and presentation of ZAIL accounts which were not a true reflection of the position of the business as well as deceiving ZAIL's auditors, APRA and Standard ...

Keating laments missed super opportunities

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2006
... Australia's unfunded superannuation liabilities. Keating said national surpluses were best invested in individual's super accounts and should not left in the hands of Government, he said. "There is only one Future Fund and that is superannuation & If ...

What savings problem?

... Commonwealth Bank survey released yesterday. The survey found that seven out of 10 Australians are topping up their savings accounts regularly, cutting back on luxury items (68 per cent), car usage (45 per cent) and using public transport instead (27 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2006
... handouts have arisen after payouts totalling about $1.2 billion have been made in the last five years. The rural sector accounts for only 3 per cent of national income yet it consumes about 70 per cent of water used in Australia. Deputy National Leader ...

ASIC clearing guidlines will segment the service chain

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2006
... touch the money as we arrange for [data] exchanges between clearing houses and employers. We don't physically have bank accounts or offer services directly to the market, but rather under the stable of our institutional clients," he said. Fielding predicted ...

Direct Portfolio Services adds new insto manager

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
Separately managed accounts (SMA) provider Direct Portfolio Services has announced the appointment of a new institutional relationship manager. Angela Tennant joins Direct Portfolio Services from Zurich where she worked as a senior research analyst. ...

More growth through structured products and MAs

Structured products and managed or wrap accounts are the next cornerstones of the global investment funds sector, according to an on-the-spot poll of fund managers and other industry participants at the SIBOS conference held this week. The majority ...

Hands off our turf: Westpac

Product complexity blamed for systemic errors

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2006
... charged for services that should have been exempt under the package offer. In other cases, where there were multiple accounts, banks charged multiple fees. Failure to disclose occurred most often when funds were not available when customers expected ...