Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 751 - 760 of 835 results for "Basic"

Challenger finds right address with QAS

Challenger Financial Services Group has bought QAS' QuickAddress address matching and verification solution, designed to maximise the accuracy and effectiveness of its customer databases while cutting costs. "We expect QuickAddress to have an immediate ...

Everything old is new again, now: Schroders

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
Investors would do well to get back to the basics of investing, according to Schroders, with head of Australian equities, Martin Conlon, arguing the focus on 'new' asset classes and an obsession with headline data and forecasting has led some to forget ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
... although the new private other residential building commencements fell by 4.5 per cent suggesting a preservation of demand for basic residential housing while units and flats were less in demand. Despite the rise, the total year on year number of starts ...

VFMC to take investments in-house

... mapped out the plan in detail," he said. The details, he said, will come later because his focus is on the structure. "The basic principle of what we're doing is that it's not just about being cheap and producing the right result. At Ontario's, if you ...

Compare the pair: Weaven vs Lambert

... problem with industry funds is the level of transparency and disclosure of how their investment works and accessibility of basic data such as daily unit pricing. "I'm all in favour of consumers getting a better deal and I encourage the fee competition ...

Westpac launches affordable bill cover

... monthly income protection cover ranging from $600 to $1,500 per month. The monthly premium range between $12.64 for the most basic level to $21.85 for the $1,500 per month cover. No health checks or medical examinations are required although premiums ...

Return to sender costs millions: QAS

The humble mailing address is back in the spotlight as increasing automation of mail-outs means incorrect addresses are costing companies at least $25 million in 'return to sender' costs, and one too many irate customers, according to software firm ...

Back the winning horse, all the time

Citigroup compared it to "choosing the horse after the race has run" when it launched a product that gives investors a pick from three multi-asset portfolios but the returns of the top performing portfolio, whether the investor chose it or not. 'Optimiser ...

Future Fund is a government subsidiary: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
... strong protections against the misuse of this power - if the board considers that the new mandate is inconsistent with the basic objectives of the Future Fund it has the right to table a submission to Parliament opposing the change. "This transparency ...

Reverse mortgage regulation lacks cohesion

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
Regulation is one of the key talking points around the equity release and reverse mortgage industry, but the Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) conference last week heard that no one body yet has the jurisdiction to regulate ...