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FSA changes practices after Northern Rock

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
The UK based Financial Services Authority (FSA) has overhauled its staffing and reviewing methods after an internal investigation found it failed to properly review Northern Rock's liquidity crisis. In February, Newcastle-based Northern Rock sought ...

Integrity appoints head of equity trading

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
Integrity Investment Management Australia has appointed Janet Montagu as head of equity trading. Montagu will work with Karen Thompson on trading and implementation for client portfolios. She will bring eight years of experience gained at UBS to the ...

That's life, four pillars to stay forever

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
April 1st came early this year with the Reserve Bank, the Productivity Commission and the National Trust of NSW making some of their most incredible public statements ever. High interest rates and bank rates jumping above the Reserve's official benchmark ...

Magellan Global mirrors Berkshire strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
Research firm Lonsec has rated Magellan Financial Group's (MFG) Global Fund 'recommended' and noted it adopts a similar investment style synonymous to that of the sage of Omaha. Launched in July last year, the Magellan Global Fund equities portfolio ...

CSRF drops SIM for AMP

Catholic Super & Retirement Fund (CSRF) has given AMP Capital Investors an ethical investment mandate after Suncorp Investment Management informed the fund that it would be closing its Ethical Balanced Portfolio option once all current investors have ...

Perpetual raises death benefits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
Perpetual has upgraded its WealthFocus platform enabling advisers to automate the processing of a type of death benefit called 'anti-detriment payments', with the end result of a bigger lump sum payment for the benefit recipient. An anti-detriment payment ...

Super SA selects SyncSoft

Super SA has signed up SyncSoft to provide the payroll system that will handle the SA government's 15,000 lifetime pension accounts. John O'Flaherty, Super SA's chief executive said SyncSoft's Capital software is particularly strong in reporting, processing ...

Sherry overhauls award system

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
The Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law Nick Sherry is looking to modernise the country's award system, including superannuation, to boost Australians' financial safety nets. "The government believes workers should be protected in the workplace ...

Rev mortgages new sales down 10pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
The SEQUAL Trowbridge Deloitte Reverse Mortgage Study has revealed $466 billion worth of reverse mortgage loans were sold in Australia last year, a 10 per cent fall compared to 2006. While new sales were down, the study found that overall, the sector ...

Time to get radical: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
In September when the sub-prime mess began unfolding, the big worry was whether it would spill over to the real economy. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) thinks this may now be happening and has taken the problem to a whole new level requiring ...