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Industrial espionage turns viral

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... getting lost and most of the cases never get reported [so it's a conservative estimate]," he said. "The bright side of the story is that not everyone is a target. Part of this is industrial espionage so they're not really after money. They're after data ...

Higher...higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
... interest rates already as early as November this year. Yes! This year! I think, it's a premature call but this is another story. Look at what we've got. Despite worries about the Australian labour market, the unemployment rate has risen to only 5.8 per ...

Downturn presents brand opportunity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... appeal of their super fund. "As the markets recover, I think there is a tremendous opportunity in the industry to re-tell the story of why super is a good thing and it centres around that idea of self-reliance in retirement - but you need to make sure ...

The perfect hedge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... dictated that it could not be otherwise - at least until the reporting season ends. Oh, and about the previous day's big story -- the sharp 5 per cent slump in Chinese equities - it's no story no more. The Shanghai composite recovered yesterday. I told ...

Communication breakdown advisers failure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... to communicate better," said Klipin. And at the center of improved communication - is the adviser. "You need to tell your story," said Klipin. "You've got to get in front of your [local] politicians. "Go onto the submission website and have a bit of ...

Fed brawn, RBA brains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... were probably set too low." Duh! But there was another report out of the US last night which got in the way of the bearish story and so was conveniently ignored (reported in another section). And this is that 'other' good news on the housing market. ...

Super funds battle for ASFA awards

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... Last year's winners included CPA Australia, Colonial First State and AXA Australia. Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the awards are on August 28. It is this Thursday, 30 July.

Meredith Whitney

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
... Anderson of the New York Times published a similar article the day before, similarly lauding Goldman...but in the end, their story was hedged with a caveat, "For all its success, Goldman is not impregnable". Not so for Meredith. In her notes to her clients ...

A lose-lose proposition

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... once every two months is tantamount to saying, 'I don't really know!' And this is where China comes in as the biggest news story of the day - or for more days to come - especially because it strikes right at the guts of Australia. Crises really bring ...

AFA renews call to restrict 'financial adviser' term

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... encourage consumers to get that help." This week, financial advisers were on the news pages of mainstream press following a story on a couple of accountants who received notices from ASIC delivered to their doors. This was reported earlier as an ASIC ...