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Finance Industry Council of Australia formed

A new financial services body called the Finance Industry Council of Australia (FICA) has been formed with its members being made up of some of the industry's leading professional associations. FICA's aim is to facilitate higher level responses to the ...

S&P feels UBS needs to review fees

... and does not like the fact investors are charged an incentive fee with no obligation for the fund to achieve the Australian bank bill hurdle rate. As a result of the fee structure the S&P did not feel the fund warranted an Assirt rating above three stars. ...

Industry bodies in joint move to improve financial literacy

The Australian Bankers' Association (ABA), the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Investment & Financial Services Association (IFSA) have worked together to released a guide to help employees improve their financial literacy in the lead up ...

Macquarie Fortress Notes gets Zenith 'recommended' rating

... structured finance markets, and currently has $US 2.7 billion in assets under management. The Notes will use the Australian Bank Bill Swap Rate as a benchmark and aims to outperform it by 4.5 per cent. The benchmark currently stands at 5.75 per cent. ...

United Funds management's first birthday delivers returns

... the UBS Warburg 90 day bank bill accum index, of 5.45 per cent. The fund's aim was to outperform the UBS Warburg Australian bank bill index and provide investors with an income yield potential for capital growth over rolling three periods. The fund was ...

ASIC liquidates Australian - based Malaysian bank

... regulatory body's investigation found the bank had provided inconsistent financial data to ASIC, APRA, the ATO, an Australian bank, and foreign regulatory authorities and ratings agencies. Following the initial examination Robert Scales of Ernst and ...

ASIC shuts down loan calculators

Australia's corporate regulator has moved to shut down loan calculators used on more than 100 websites of Australian banks, credit unions and finance brokers because the tools mislead consumers about loan repayments. The calculators, provided by software ...

CBA says in talks with China bank, Jinan, on cooperation

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2004
... south-east of Beijing. JNCCB has total assets of approximately $A4 billion. CBA said this is the first time an Australian bank has entered the domestic commercial and retail banking sectors in Mainland China by investing in a PRC bank.

Merrill Lynch Investment Managers launches monthly income fund

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2004
... financial assets manager said the fund aimed to generate a gross return around 1.7% greater than investment in Australian bank bills, by investing in longer-dated, predominantly high credit quality fixed income instruments from around the globe. It said ...

More jobs and money in banking; Michael Page

Australian banks are increasing recruitment activity in anticipation of a stronger deal flow in the second half of the calendar year driving salaries in the market higher, a survey by Michael Page Finance revealed. "We are witnessing a significant increase ...