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More females in fin services

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
Women are now at the vanguard of financial services as more females are recruited in the sector compared to their male counterparts, says Dalton Nicol Reid (DNR). According to specialist individual managed account portfolio manager DNR, the last 15 ...

APRA to review super fund stats

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
APRA will consult with industry players on proposals to change the format of its all-important statistics on super fund performance so the public can make more informed choices about who should manage their retirement savings. Every three months, the ...

CBA swoops on ABN AMRO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
Commonwealth Bank is in talks to buy ABN AMRO Australia Holdings after National Australia Bank (NAB) withdrew its bid to buy the firm. More than two weeks ago, NAB announced it was in was in talks with the Royal Bank of Scotland to purchase ABN AMRO ...

BOQ writes off franchise loans

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
Most of the loans from Bank of Queensland to owner-operators of its franchised branches in Sydney appear to be impaired, and the bank appears to be increasingly willing to write off some of those loans. Of 55 owner-managed branches in New South Wales ...

Moment of truth

CAMERON BOGGS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
Many super fund members are ignorant, indifferent or in denial about how their super funds are performing, despite widespread reports about the market slump. Industry experts gathered at last week's Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ...

Housing affordability report fails to deliver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
Housing affordability is like petrol prices in that it brings out the economic enthusiasts with their so-called miracle solutions. The latest set of big ideas is from the Senate Select Committee on Housing Affordability that this week released its major ...

House prices 30 pct overvalued

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
Housing values in Australia are 32 per cent above their long term valuation trend line leading to speculation that softening market conditions could trigger a correction. The counter view however is that lack of supply adds a new dynamic that has shifted ...

Cut PDS to less than 20 pages: study

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
Research commissioned by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has revealed that superannuation product disclosure statements (PDS) under 20 pages long are the most effective way to present information to investors. The research conducted ...

CPI, housing affordability and oil bills

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
Yesterday's CPI spike just made fighting inflation and housing affordability that little bit harder but at least it will help the country pay for its oil import bill. Inflation rising 4.2 per cent, above what most market economists were expecting, is ...

Asgard to launch alternatives to cash

MICHAEL HOBBS REPORTING FROM THE CONFERENCE IN NEW ZEALAND  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
Speaking at the Securitor conference in Auckland, New Zealand, Geoff Lloyd, Asgard Wealth Solutions chief executive said the group is developing new products to help Securitor clients stay fully invested in the market instead of allocating money to ...