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Credit crunch driving recession fears

SUZY MAC IS ON LEAVE  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
The US sub-prime crisis is stretching its tentacles across the globe and is starting to reach mortgage borrowers as far afield as Australia and in the UK. Not because these countries have a sub-prime problem per se but because the US wholesale credit ...

Seven page PDS insurance breakthrough

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
Allianz has thrown down a huge challenge to the insurance industry with the launch of a direct access life insurance suite of products that not only lower costs by up to 30 per cent but come with a product disclosure statement that is only seven pages. ...

APRA appoints new head of research

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has appointed Dr Katrina Ellis its new head of research. Dr Ellis replaces former head of research Dr Neil Esho, who was seconded to the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision in Switzerland. He ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket started the week in full stride, after US President George Bush and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reassured US investors they would work to rectify recent market troubles. At 1015 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Virtual bank collapse a warning to online world

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2007
The recent collapse of popular online role-playing game Second Life's largest bank has highlighted the problems an unregulated economy can have, even a virtual one. Last week, the game's biggest bank, Ginko Bank, closed after depositors rushed to withdraw ...

Economic round up: GDP vs. gross domestic happiness

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
There's just no pleasing some people. Consumer optimism has fallen despite another drop in unemployment and our continuing material and economic prosperity, showing that happiness is clearly not rising with our material success. According to a recent ...

Instos unite for research

Eight major super funds and fund managers have become the cornerstone investors of Regnan, a specialist governance research group that will track the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of companies for institutional investors. The ...

AIG builds dream team

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
AIG's plans to assemble one of the most experienced group insurance client servicing teams in Australia are almost complete with some key appointments that give it almost dream team status. Following on from their recruitment of Damien Green, ex business ...

Consulting the cows

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... a selection of dishes. The cows' culinary preferences forecast the outcome of the harvests. This year the cows chose only corn from the buffet, which apparently isn't good news. But economic predictions are a gamble at the best of times and along with ...

Fund managers better buyers than sellers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2007
Fund managers being too optimistic about investments they have selected are inadvertently hurting their performance by making poor selling decisions, said quantitative research specialist Inalytics. "By their nature, fund managers are optimists. They're ...