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Articles in April 15, 2007 issue of Australian Banking & Finance

• Drive for efficiencies means fewer regionals; whether or not Bank of Queensland is successful in its proposed merger with Bendigo Bank, there is little doubt that the ongoing quest for economies of scale will lead to further consolidation among Australia'
  by Peter-John Lewis
• China focus for Melbourne global finance conference: the president of China's Economic Cooperation Center, Mr Cao Baijun, and former director-general of the World Trade Organisation, La Trobe University's adjunct professor Mike Moore, were keynote speaker
• Institutional financial services
• Bell named as international banking head
• No halt to super growth: the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has released the Annual Superannuation Bulletin for the year to 30 June 2006, which shows total superannuation assets rose in the period by $149.1 billion, or 19.5 per cent, to $912.
• New project management standards for finance sector: just months after signing off on new complex project management competency standards for the finance sector, eight participating banks and insurers are starting to implement the new approach
• NAB to be carbon neutral by 2010: National Australia Bank Group's chief executive officer, John Stewart, has announced that his organisation intends to become carbon neutral by 30 September 2010
• Financial institutions join mobile phone recycling
• Aviva goes solar; Aviva, the global savings, investment and insurance group, has announced its sponsorship of the Aviva Southern Aurora solar car, an entrant in the 2007 Panasonic World Solar Challenge race
• The top 50 bankers in 2007
  by Peter-John Lewis
• Use of mortgage brokers on the up and up: with borrowers facing a vast array of home loans, it's not surprising that many turn to mortgage brokers for assistance
• ANZ management changes
• New strategy head for CBA
• What price risk?
  by Mike Codling