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While we wait for payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
Whew! Thank goodness we got some reprieve from the avalanche of economic data released over the past few days. Wall Street closed flat to up overnight as it nervously awaits what the mother of all economic releases - the US Non-farm Payrolls report ...

Underinsurance to hit crisis point

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
One in five working Australian families will suffer the death of a parent or a serious health problem over the course of both parent's working lives, according to new research - but how that impacts their finances can depend on their insurance cover. ...

RFM to bring cashflow back to Great Southern MIS

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... whether they would like to continue their involvement with the almond schemes, said Bryant. "That's a choice that very few MIS investors have been privileged to have because a large number of the MIS schemes associated with Timbercorp or Great Southern ...

FPA launches anonymous reporting service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has launched its confidential misconduct reporting facility, FPA Confidential. Jo-Anne Bloch, chief executive at the FPA, said the system, which was developed in conjunction with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, would ...

KPMG sounds alarm on admin fraud

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
Super fund trustees must make sure they have the option to audit their administration provider's performance, at short notice, to minimise the risk of fraud, according to KPMG. Speaking at the Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia ...

Stafford launches Verity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... banks, credit unions, fund managers and advisory groups. Stafford said, "A lot of financial services companies have weak or mis-guided brands that mean little to their target markets. They waste a lot of money by having their gun pointed in the wrong ...

Cloud computing still a foggy idea

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
Banks and other financial services companies are among the early adopters of cloud computing but when it comes to the nitty-gritty of it, many are stuck in a haze, new research shows. In a survey of more than 300 companies covering key business sectors ...

Planners sidelined for self-investing strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
New research from CMC Markets found that the amount of money an investor would allocate to global equities depends on which generation they belong, and that day traders are less inclined to ask "experts" for stock advice. According to a survey of 500 ...

Property developer gets jail sentence

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
Former property developer and mortgage broker, Samuel David Saunders, was sentenced two years and three months imprisonment with a non-parole period of 12 months after pleading guilty to seven ASIC charges. Saunders of Orange, New South Wales, was sentenced ...

Trichet to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
"Efxaristo para poli!" That's Greek for thank you very much. What in the world could possibly make European Central Bank President (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet abandoned the summer sunshine in Sydney - and the company of the 23 other central representatives ...