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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... modest negative lead from offshore markets as Wall Street traders examined the details of an overhaul of the US financial system and Goldman Sachs' settlement of fraud charges. At 0735 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

Class Financial warns against poor SMSF admin

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
Class Financial Systems, an SMSF software platform provider warns planners against companies posing as SMSF administrators but don't have the right systems in place and could potentially lock planning groups into inflexible and pricey agreements. Class ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... Tuesday from Germany's financial regulator was seen in the markets as another example of disarray in Europe's financial system. Analysts said the hasty move only deepened the uncertainty about what steps governments might take next in hopes of containing ...

Nein to naked shorts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... insurers. According to BaFin, this is because "massive" short selling "could endanger the stability of the entire financial system." German Chancellor Angela Merkel was more to the point when she said earlier this month that, "In some ways, it's a battle ...

SunGard lends IT muscle to super funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
SunGard has combined its consulting and technology services teams to create a new global services firm with around 4,500 staff, focused solely on the global financial services and energy industries. Mack Gill, previously president of SunGard Technology ...

Govt to inject $25m into 'best practice' regulation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... the centre will "address ways to foster financial sector innovation, while ensuring the risk inherent in the financial system is appropriately managed through best practice regulation." The phrase 'systemic risk' was heavily bandied around during the ...

Feeding the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
Feeding the fear. Times like these, it's not so difficult to do. Just replace the word "Greece" with "global" in Greece sovereign crisis and what do you have? You have Global Sovereign Crisis and the attendant panic and volatility in the financial markets ...

Class Super accelerates member reports

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
Self managed super fund (SMSF) administrators, accountants and trustees will be able to automate fund member reports after Class Financial Systems upgraded its technology. Richard Barber, chief executive at Class Financial, said many groups managing ...

Troubled Greece to freeze pensions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... International Monetary Fund. "In addition, the government is taking decisive steps to strengthen and safeguard the financial system. A Financial Stability Fund, fully financed under the program, will ensure a sound level of bank equity." Strauss-Kahn ...

Rules, rules, rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
... legislators are drawing up a bill setting up a mechanism for unwinding a company whose failure threatens the financial system, create a bureau that protects financial/investment/bank consumers and tighten derivative supervision. Instead, they're using ...