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Smart outsourcing or global offloading?

... Derek Goh, executive general manager in IT and Management services at Challenger Financial Services group said that the debate around whether to outsource IT functions should go beyond a review of the economic benefits or the chances of a public backlash ...

The worm turns

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... aspects of the election campaign, but the latest PPI figures could turn the spotlight. While tax cut plans and economic debate have been hijacked by endless "worm" and poll specualtion, a higher than expected rise in the producer price index (PPI) has ...

Gunns fuels CG debate

Corporate governance is back in the spotlight after ANZ said it will only finalise its lending decision on Gunns' proposed $1.7 billion pulp mill once it has completed an independent "green" assessment of the project. ANZ has declined an interview request ...

Consumers worry about value, not fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
... able to provide a clear fee structure, there is no preference for 'fee for service', commission, or a mix of both. The debate is not about fee for service versus commission, it's about the provision of quality advice and the overall outcome," said Dan ...

MLC to brandish ISO 9001 logo

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
... undergo the same rigorous checks too following a historic deal between MLC and standards agency SAI Global. MLC takes the debate on quality of advice to its backoffices when it signed a partnership with SAI Global to run an audit on the admin and operations ...

Ethical by name and nature

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
... shares held by ordinary investment funds." But James Thier, executive director of Australian Ethical Investments, said the debate should go beyond labeling. "People have talked about a standardised definition of what 'responsible' or 'ethical' is but ...

DMS pioneers fee-for-service technology

... said Philip. The fee transparency provided by the new software will come a long way in addressing the ongoing industry debate on the value of advice, said Philip. Michelle Baltazar

Never mind the length, look at the readability

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2007
Despite recent debate over PDS readability, 60 per cent of super fund members do read their PDS's, according to new research conducted by Investment Trends for the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA). In the research, investors who ...

Water's potential to float

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
With Federal and State Governments drowning in debate over how best to manage water, Citi has published economic research on the use of market forces and price to allocate this scarce resource. Shane Lee, Citi economist, believes opportunities are being ...

China's GDP and CPI blowout

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
... factories and cutting company profits. With the Central Bank aiming to keep CPI to within 3 per cent, this outcome has fuelled debate on whether China is likely to raise interest rates this quarter to cool inflation and investment. That's the consensus ...