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IMAs not a product but a business model

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... for advisers to survive they need to build a proposition, a challenge that becomes imperative when weighed against the tsunami of changing consumer behavior and regulation. Separately managed accounts were a first step in assembling technology to help ...

Insurance industry prepared for black swan flock

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
The Australian insurance market is well equipped to cope with future natural disasters, while acknowledging that previous risk exposure had been under priced, according to Aon. The industry is coming to accept 'black swan' events as a far more common ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... shrank by 42.4 per cent from a year earlier in July, the fifth consecutive decline following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The US dollar rose to 77.38 yen in Asian trade from 77.26 yen in New York late on Wednesday. The euro fell to $US1.4070 ...

It's official, Rudd saved Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... people. Economists will say it's simplistic - and they'd be right - but when the Australian government was expecting the GFC tsunami the number one concern was jobs. And when that's the pre-occupation it's hardly a surprise the government would look ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... voting came after Naoto Kan resigned as premier on Friday amid criticism over his handling of the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis. Noda's willingness to raise taxes in a bid to rehabilitate the nation's tattered finances is seen as a ...

Moody's does an S&P

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... back to health, can we? If only... Speaking of ignore, no one's been talking about Japan since the 11 March earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster. Well, no one until Moody's got itchy fingers again that is. Less than three weeks after Standard and Poor's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... government spokesman announced a safety review plan for the country's nuclear plants. Tokyo Electric Power, the operator of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, surged 7.29 per cent. Microchip maker Elpida Memory dived 13.32 per cent ...

China-Gillard tug o' war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... that include: the Greek debt crisis and fear of contagion; weaker-than-expected US growth statistics; Japan's earthquake/tsunami/nuclear crisis; the Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand and political tensions in the Middle East and North Africa. Troubling ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... quarters. However, the result was no major surprise in the wake of the devastating impact of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami on the country's economy. Shanghai rebounded from earlier losses to move into positive territory despite data showing growth ...

Deposits may shield Aussie banks from Greek debt crisis fallout

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... in Australia last week blew out to 120 basis points, the widest it's been in months and larger than when the Japanese tsunami hit in March. But he said Australian banks are less reliant on wholesale funding than they used to be thanks to an increase ...