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Life settlement fund launches in Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
... inflows. Life settlements are essentially a secondary market for life insurance policies issued by insurance companies in the USA and they are considered a time-valued investment and a humanitarian investment, he said. In the US life settlement investing ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
The continuing importance of the resource sector can be judged by ABS data released on mineral exploration which shows that expenditure increased by 17.2 per cent or $56.4 million over the last quarter to now be worth $384 million for the quarter. The ...

Beware of Christmas credit card fraud

Leading credit card research firm CANNEX has urged consumers to watch their credit card transactions over Christmas as high credit card usage over the period increases the chances of fraud. "In recent years, Australians on average spend between 15 per ...

Build websites around users not IT teams

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2006
Financial services firms investing in new websites, software or other digital services risk lost customers and cost blow-outs if they don't test the new services with actual users. Theresa Cunnington, senior usability consultant at iFocus, said, "Technology ...

Mobile age drives up demand for storage: Abacus

With an increasing number of people moving house or traveling frequently overseas, more investors are turning their attention to the untapped potential of the self storage industry, according to Abacus Property Group. The group manages Abacus Storage ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
The Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to increase interest the cash rate by 0.25 basis points to 6.25 per cent saying that it took note of the likely economic effects of the drought on farm and national income. The RBA said that domestic demand ...

What savings problem?

Australians are saving more and spending less against rising fuel costs and other living expenses, according to a Commonwealth Bank survey released yesterday. The survey found that seven out of 10 Australians are topping up their savings accounts regularly ...

Gen Xers jump online for home loans: Forrester

Internet savvy Gen Xers aren't just using the web to download music, chat to friends and trade on Ebay. A new survey has found a growing number of them use it for more serious reasons such as applying for home loans too. Research group Forrester has ...

Online banking rules: Commonwealth

The Commonwealth Bank's inaugural E-money survey, an annual index of electronic banking usage in the country, has found that 85 per cent of Australians voted the internet as their preferred banking channel. Amid much debate in recent years about the ...

Daily economic update

New US Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered his first public testimony before the House Financial Services Committee last night. In it, he noted that despite challenges, the US economy is growing at a solid pace. Mr. Bernanke indicated that 'some' additional ...