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SWIFT protocols to slash transaction fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
... could be slashed from an average $22 down to just 20 cents if they adopt the new SWIFTNet Funds protocols. SWIFT, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications, is the global co-operative for setting messaging standards governing how ...

Stung UK private equity managers fight back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... equity managers are "asset strippers". "Talking to the GMB (the UK's largest union) is a bit like talking to the Flat Earth Society. Show them the facts and they keep coming back with the same old argument," he said. Hand also dismissed claims private ...

BNP Paribas hires ex-IOOF exec

... has nearly 20 years industry experience and held senior operational roles at SMF Funds Management in Melbourne and AMP Society in Hobart. Darren's experience and proven track on the client side will be extremely beneficial in helping build our capabilities ...

FinLit programs damaging schools

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
... "We can't disagree with our young people learning these skills and understanding money management better & [but] as a society we need to look at how else can we access young people? What other way can we do things?' "We just know we can't keep adding ...

CHOICE rates reverse mortgages

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2007
... Reverse mortgages that CHOICE said met their standards (in alpha order) are ABN AMRO, Bank SA, Bluestone, Home Building Society, Integris, Mariner, Police and Nurses Credit Union, SGE Credit Union, St George and Vision Equity Living.

APRA modernises data collection

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
... which naturally support the idea of improved data collection processes. "Both the life insurance industry and the friendly society industry have changed substantially over the past ten years, but the structure of data collections has remained static. ...

Ageing population challenges require updated IGR

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007
... Australian economy is that our population is ageing. The baby boomers, that huge bulge in population is now working through our society and it means over the next 10 and 20 years, the proportion of people who are in retirement to the proportion of people ...

Retiring at 65 unsustainable: Bernard Salt

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2006
The current retirement age is unsustainable because it ignores how society and longevity have changed so dramatically. Bernard Salt, KPMG director, demographic expert and bestselling author, speaking at Canberra Business Council annual dinner, said ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2006
... and companies holding annual general meetings include Country Road Ltd AGM, CSL Ltd, Ansell Ltd and Heritage Building Society. Meanwhile, Ten Network Holdings is reporting its annual results today. Yesterday Australian stocks have ended lower despite ...

Space-Time Research attracts VCs

Don't let the name fool you. Space-Time Research (STR) is not a secret society of physicists but a profit-making statistical software firm with IPO potential. Jolimont Ventures, a private equity firm backed by Macquarie Funds Management, and Star Fish ...