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Opposition mounts to Finsia education sale

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
The proposed sale of the Financial Services Institute of Australia's (Finsia) education business to Kaplan is far from a foregone conclusion, according to some practitioners and members. Industry practitioners Giles Gunesekera, Stephen Chambers and ...

Economic round-up: RBA thumbs-up

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
There were no real surprises this morning with the Reserve Bank of Australia giving the Australian economy the thumbs-up and deciding to leave interest rates at 6.25 per cent for the sixth time. Also released today were the ABS's March quarter National ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
Australian stocks made big gains at noon, with markets hitting fresh all time highs, while investors were feeling confident that inflation is under control and the central bank will not raise interest rates tomorrow. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Vanguard takes top honours at Rainmaker Marketing Awards

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
... superannuation category Karen Volpato, marketing manager for First State Super, took out the top honour, in investment management Cam Cimino, head of marketing at AXA Australia took home the award and in financial planning Jacqueline Phillips, national ...

Caught in the Web 2.0

Fund managers and financial planners should start using social computing tools such as wikis and blogs to engage investors and retain staff, said technology expert and Longhaus' managing director, Peter Carr. Speaking at the Rainmaker Marketing Symposium ...

Aussie businesses still risky: Deloitte

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
Nearly 60 per cent of Australian businesses still lack adequate risk management and training, according to a spot poll of 50 top 100 Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and government organisations conducted by Deloitte last week. Of the chief risk ...

Fidelity responds to Darfur campaign

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
Fidelity Investments is beginning to divest its Sudanese holdings following pressure from interest groups that include the Save Darfur Coalition (SDC) which launched an aggressive TV, mobile billboard and transit station advertising campaign criticising ...

Bank branches finally start to sell wealth product

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
After years of trying, bank branches are finally starting to successfully sell wealth management products and improve their cross-sell rates. Westpac reported that the number of bank-originated home loan customers taking out home and contents insurance ...

Property funds building on size

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
Australia's property fund industry is now worth a massive $356 billion with assets under management up $80 billion over the last 12 months, according to the latest Property Investment Research (PIR) survey. The growth represents a 29 per cent increase ...

Count's biggest losers donate $90k

Planners at Count Financial raised $90,000 for charity after losing a total of 800kg in weight over the financial year as part of their annual Weight Loss Challenge. Count chief, Marianne Perkovic, and founding managing director, Barry Lambert, spearheaded ...