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Sub-prime chewing up financials

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... reserves away from the greenback kicked the weak US dollar, which fell to its lowest in 30 years against a basket of six major currencies. The New York Board of Trade's dollar index dropped to 75.077, the lowest since the gauge started in March 1973. ...

Fin planning uptake doubles

MICHAEL HOBBS, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
The number of people who fully follow their planner's advice have doubled compared to last year but the industry still has a long way to go, according to a new survey. ING Australia commissioned Nielsen to survey over 700 consumers and 300 financial ...

MLC tailors critical illness underwriting

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
... the underwriter and the business. This new structure will enable relationships between underwriters and advisers to be the major focus," Crowe said.

Super switchers fall

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
The number of investors switching funds has continued to decline, with only 3.7 per cent of investors switching in the March quarter and only 3.3 per cent in the June quarter, according to a new Roy Morgan report. The report stated while December showed ...

Sub-prime still has teeth

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... fallout from the sub-prime credit crisis gave Wall Street the wobbles, and financials were again brutalised as downgrades on major financial stocks dished up uncomfortable reminders of the August tempest. Reporting third-quarter earnings, Credit Suisse ...

Praemium signs UBS

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
... believed it to be the largest ever tender for private client administration in Australia. "It was a tender against every other major player in the industry, and we won, and that, I think, says a lot," he said. "It was a very competitive tender process ...

NAB establishes new boutique incubator

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
National Australia Bank Group has established a new boutique incubator division, nabInvest, to help expand the company's presence in the boutique space. Garry Mulcahy, who returned from the UK for the position, will be the new division's chief executive. ...

That four-letter word

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
... latest study, based on 14million-plus credit files, Veda Advantage which facilitates credit reference checks for Australia's major banks and lenders have found that regional NSW, was worst off where defaults rose by as much as 77.2 per cent, where Sydney's ...

All about Eve

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
... local research from Veda Advantage (formerly known as Baycorp), which facilitates credit reference checks for Australia's major banks and lenders. Veda found in a recent gender credit study that women are more likely than men to pay their credit cards ...

Deloitte merges with analytics boutique

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2007
Deloitte's Data Analytics group has announced it will merge with boutique data analytics firm Analytic Insight. The team of eight consultants based in Sydney and Melbourne will join an existing national practice of 70 at Deloitte. Deloitte chief executive ...