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Liquidnet partners with Charles River

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
Liquidnet Asia has incorporated Charles River Investment Management System (IMS) onto its platform allowing clients from both companies to trade large blocks of Asian equities under one roof. According to Charles River, by adopting IMS, users can create ...

When a lift in unemployment is good news

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
An economy moving to full employment has big implications for economic policy and how we should read the macro indicators. In a major speech to the NSW Economic Society this week, Dr Steven Kennedy from the Commonwealth Treasury said while the most ...

Mico receives Industry Excellence Award

Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) senior policy manager David Mico receives the Industry Excellence Award for his contribution in the life insurance industry. The award was handed to Mico as part of an IFSA Board resolution in a meeting ...

BankWest calls on UK planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
BankWest is set to launch a financial planning service and will sidestep the planner shortage in Australia by scoping the talent pool of its UK parent HBOS. BankWest aims to have a financial adviser in all its branches with a target of recruiting 100 ...

Retirement on hold for longer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
Electoral backlash or not, fiscal pressures and demographic change are forcing nations around the world to slowly raise their retirement age and while Australians won't openly admit it just yet, we will soon have to follow suit. Tim Jenkins, Mercer's ...

First State Super boosts insurance by two-thirds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
First State Super has lifted its insurance offering, with levels of cover jumping by as much as two-thirds in some risk categories. The changes will particularly benefit members aged over 40, who make up a significant proportion of the membership. Michael ...

Perfect storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
High oil prices and a shrinking US dollar signal an economic perfect storm looming on the horizon, warns the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Simon Johnson, IMF chief economist told ABC TV's Business Lateline program last night that the credit crisis ...

PI increase sparks debate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
CHOICE, the independent body representing consumers has thrown its support behind ASIC's proposed changes to professional indemnity (PI) insurance required by financial planners and other AFS licensees. Only this week, the Financial Industry Complaints ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after financial stocks fell in New York amid rising investor concern about mortgage defaults and lower consumer spending during the holiday shopping season. At 0740 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Less junk mail drives rollover

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
Super members are five times more likely to consolidate their superannuation accounts if they are warned of the paper pile-up that comes with multiple accounts, according to AUSfund research. AUSfund, in collaboration with marketing company Shannon's ...