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Chasing the deposit dollar

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
The increase and availability of wholesale funding dilemma is causing major headaches for banks, but investors long cash are reaping the benefits with some term rates passing eight per cent, more than a full percentage point higher than the official ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
... Adelaide Brighton announces its full year results, as does Santos and Illuka Resources. Economics news is quiet with only second tier data released today. On Wednesday, Australian shares fell more than two per cent, amid heavy losses from the banking ...

Insurance that gives and gives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
Lakeside Consultants subsidiary Charity Life and Tower Australia have joined forces to develop a life insurance policy that enables the member to donate to charity at no extra cost. Launched in December last year, Charity Life provides a straight term ...

The 93pc tax sting

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
No one really likes the taxman, but the threat of being taxed up to 93 per cent on your super elevates the dread to a whole new level. Corporate super fund Plum Financials Services has warned that the government's new Better Super may increase the chance ...

SAP and CSC join forces on pricing

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... "Interfacing CSC's Hogan Core Banking System with the SAP Price Optimization application gives a large percentage of the world's top-tier banks easy access to tools to improve their agility and reduce customer attrition with attractive retail banking ...

What members want

A Telstra Super research study on what its members want has revealed some surprising results, including how much people are willing to pay and for what services. Speaking at the ASFA conference yesterday, Telstra Super's general manager in marketing ...

Rates rising everywhere bar big bank mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
Plenty of mortgage managers and second tier lenders have pushed home loan interest rates higher in recent weeks as they, or their funders, have passed on some of the rising cost of funds connected to the global liquidity crunch. Examples include South ...

BT cuts wrap prices

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2007
BT Financial Group has announced a new relationship pricing program to lower the cost of investing for BT Wrap and BT SuperWrap customers. The new related account pricing scheme reduces tiered account-keeping fees for balances under $100,000 from 0.79 ...

Microfinance bonds attract major instos

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
... unbankable by the conventional financial sector - and for achieving remarkably high repayment rates on those loans (with top-tier MFIs reporting repayment rates as high as 97 per cent)," they noted in their paper. The high repayment rates among borrowers ...

Sunsuper launches free advice call centre

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
Sunsuper has introduced a new member advice centre to provide free over-the-phone financial advice to members. Following a successful trial, the centre's introduction completes a suite of Sunsuper financial advice services, including the member service ...