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Liquidity evaporates

SUZY MAC | FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007

The sub-prime mess has washed up on European shores, where losses swept through all 18 western European markets and caused a backwash that wiped out more than half of the U.S. markets' three-day recovery. France's biggest bank, BPN Paribas halted redemptions ...

Sub-prime contamination causes market carnage

SUZY MAC | THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2007

Australian sharemarkets suffered a $48 billion bloodbath yesterday after the 'millionaire's factory' warned of $300 million losses wiping out a quarter of the value of two of its investment funds. Bear Stearns, already embarrassed by the implosion of ...

From rooster to feather duster

SUZY MAC | MONDAY, 30 JUL 2007

What a difference a week can make. A little more than a week after the Dow Jones average hit a record high, on Thursday the share market began a backward landslide. Global equity markets took another hit on Friday night on the back of the US sub-prime ...

AXA re-writes individual insurance

CHRIS NICHOLLS | TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007

... months after a payment. "The unique feature of our offer is that AXA will also pay a partial benefit for a cancer or heart attack event that is related to, or caused by, the original trauma event," said.AXA's national development manager for financial ...

Symantec warns on tax time cybercrime

Leading protection software provider Symantec has urged consumers and businesses to be more vigilant around tax year end after the group's research found more sophisticated and heightened phishing attacks around 30 June. The term 'phishing' refers to ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP | FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007

... price index futures contract was 101 points lower at 6215 on a volume of 17,503 contracts. "The market is suffering from an attack of interest rate rise speculation, following on from a miserable night in US," Bell Potter analyst Stuart Smith said. "The ...

Economic round-up: Bank fee jump is our fault, not theirs

ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007

... revenues compared to 33 per cent six years ago, a jump of one-third. The message behind the RBA's report is rather than attack the banks, we should instead be investing in them as the surging wealth management market and our modern lifestyles is only ...

Tyndall sees off fundie frenzy

CHRIS NICHOLLS | THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007

Tyndall's focus on staff consistency, clear plan of attack and strength in implementation were the key aspects driving its doubling of profits in the last year, according to managing director, Brett Himbury. Himbury said that while business itself was ...

Insurance made easier for associations and clubs

CHRIS NICHOLLS | TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007

... seller status and associated regulatory costs in an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) proposal to attack underinsurance. The consultation paper proposes that group purchasing bodies, until now seen as insurance sellers, should be ...

AML to redefine dealings with currency clients

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007

The looming anti-money laundering (AML) legislation will redefine how service providers deal with clients and their currency transactions and planning for how they should implement the new provisions needs to begin now. The most profound impact will ...

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Future Group marks new successor fund transfer

KARREN VERGARA

Future Group announced its Smart Future Trust will take on the GuildSuper and Child Care Super brands as the group continues to expand with another successor fund transfer.

HUB24 expands C-suite with innovation role

VINNY VUCAGO

HUB24 has strengthened its executive leadership team with the creation of a new chief operating and innovation officer role, bringing technology, innovation and strategy implementation under a broader remit.

Former director jailed for misuse of $1.75m

VINNY VUCAGO

Former Equitable Financial Solutions director Usman Siddiqui has been sentenced to six years and six months' imprisonment for dishonestly using his position as a director and misappropriating company funds.

PE giants partner with Nvidia for $709bn AI platform

MATTHEW WAI

Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR have signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nvidia to mobilise half a trillion US dollars ($709bn) of third-party capital to further accelerate the buildout of AI infrastructure.

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