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Web 2.0 just the next step: iFocus

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
Web 2.0 may be an 'out of control' broadcast channel, but it's a big opportunity for financial services players brave enough to climb on board, said Theresa Cunnington from the online services consultancy iFocus. Web 2.0 is sometimes spoken about as ...

Dazza is a dud: FPA survey

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
Despite initial claims of success with consumers, almost two-thirds of Financial Planning Association (FPA) members believe the Value of Advice 'Dazza' advertising campaign has been a flop. First aired on national TV in October 2005, and backed up by ...

Economic round up: savings follow interest rates

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
As UK interest rates take another hike, Britons are falling behind in a global trend of increased consumer savings. Interest rates were raised in the UK for the fifth time in 11 months and the Bank of England remains concerned that inflation is not ...

Russell modernising pension products

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
Russell Investment Group has unveiled the Russell Private Active Pension, combining a contribution and pension account in one to make the most of the new super rules. The Russell Private Active Pension has been designed in response to the recent super ...

More blue and orange in online banking

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
Not content to let ING have all the local online glory, Rabobank has entered Australia's retail banking market with a new comprehensive DIY banking service called RaboPlus. The product, which follows successful online product launches in Belgium, Ireland ...

Starved infrastructure will bite into growth

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd, played the political magician last night by pulling some surprising economic and political rabbits out of the hat, but there's still no talk of feeding our starved infrastructure any time soon. If anyone was wondering ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
Australian stocks had eased back at noon today after new highs were set locally yesterday and on the US market last night. Publishing and Broadcasting shares bucked the trend after announcing it would split its gaming and media interests into separate ...

LIXI makes lending technologies more affordable

The Lending Industry XML Initiative (LIXI), a non-profit organisation representing mortgage brokers and lenders, has changed its membership model to allow more industry players to adopt better and cheaper e-commerce technologies. LIXI was established ...

Funds address $750m in errors: Deloitte

A comprehensive Deloitte report on unit pricing to be published later this month has found that three out of four investment firms managing unit pricing data have reviewed their policy in response to the regulator's Best Practice Guide released in late ...

FPA member fined and expelled

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has expelled a member in the continuing fallout from the Westpoint disaster. Western Australian planner Annemieke de Boer of Centro Financial Synergy was charged with 35 breaches of the FPA's Code of Ethics and ...