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<i>Inside Money:</i> OneWay to rebrand a bank
I am going to resist the temptation to make fun of ING's new Australasian name: OnePath.

'Gratuitious sex' bank ad complaint rejected
The Advertising Standards Authority has rejected a complaint that a Rabobank TV ad was a "gratuitous" use of sex appeal to try and sell an unrelated product.

<i>Inside Money:</i> ASB shuts funds and mouth
ASB's decision to close a number of its retail funds caused a bit of a kerfuffle recently but it shouldn't have been a surprise.

Feltex Five 'all honest men'
A judge says the five Feltex directors found not guilty of breaching financial reporting rules were "all honest men".

Feltex directors cleared by court
Feltex's five former directors have been found not guilty of breaching financial reporting rules.

Financial advisers won't have to dob in colleagues
Financial advisers will no longer have to dob each other in for ethical breaches under a completed version of a draft code of conduct.

EU lenders await 'stress test' bank results
Shares across Europe rose yesterday amid hopes that most of the continent's 91 top banks will pass EU-mandated 'stress tests'.

Bankruptcies falling, says Baycorp
The number of bankruptcies has fallen sharply since the introduction of the no assets procedure (NAP) last year, says Baycorp.

<i>Inside Money: </i> Why politicians are disgusted with advisers
New financial advisers rules won't stop the world turning to custard.