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Bear bargains and ambulance chasers

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
... quoted chief financial officer, Samuel Molinaro as saying "the worst is definitely behind us." Money Magazine editor, Michael Sivy believes the best bargains are in financial stocks, which have fallen an average of 12 per cent from their May highs, although ...

Reverse mortgages not thicker than blood

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
Parents who use a reverse mortgage to lend funds to their children could face losing part of their pension on a technicality, said Louise Biti, head of technical services at Asteron. "Children in a great deal of debt may place pressure on their parents ...

Two joint HFA heads better than one

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
Specialist funds management firm, HFA Holdings, has appointed Oscar Martinis and Robert White as joint managing directors of its asset management arm. At present, Martinis is head of distribution and White is head of corporate and special projects within ...

SRI funds beat the index

... the last two years. The latest SRI Median Study from AMP Capital Investors, authored by director of sustainable funds Michael Anderson and investment specialist Angus Dennis, has found that the median returns of 12 Australian SRI Funds in the year to ...

Aust Unity FP in the red

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
A restructure in Australian Unity's financial planning division has resulted to more divisional losses this year compared to 2006 despite funds under advice growing 57 per cent to $300 million. In the year to June, the group's financial planning arm ...

Encrypt your email: Tumbleweed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
Finance companies may be providing adequate internet security in their businesses but new threats continue to emerge that will constantly put staff internal and outgoing emails at risk, warned an internet security expert. "Finance companies need to ...

MLC to brandish ISO 9001 logo

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
The "ISO 9001 certified" stamp is known as the international symbol of quality control in food, computers and other manufacturing goods. Now financial planning is set to undergo the same rigorous checks too following a historic deal between MLC and ...

Challenger FP revs up Synergy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
Challenger's financial planning arm has invested in additional hardware and software to increase the processing power of its platform business, Synergy Capital Management, by up to ten times To be completed in June 2008, new hardware has been installed ...

Climate change to cost $50bn

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
Insurance premiums are set to rise after a new report predicted that insurance company losses could reach as much as $50 billion per year between 2010 and 2019, driven by a rise in natural disasters caused by climate change. The Hedging Climate Change ...

Macq adds to small caps

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
Macquarie Funds Management Group has appointed an additional senior analyst to its small caps team. Starting next month, David Walsh will be responsible for covering the many small cap stocks that form Macquarie Australian Small Companies Fund as well ...