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Rainmaker unveils winners of the 2010 Marketing Excellence Awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
AustralianSuper, Principal Global Investors and AMP were among the winners of last night's 16th Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards held at the Shangri-La in Sydney. More than 160 attendees, many of whom are sales and marketing specialists in financial ...

Glum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... claims rise one week, the economy is headed for a double-dip. Claims fall and the economy is recovering. And so it was last night. But as I've been saying every time this stat comes out week in week out, the underlying message from this indicator is ...

Cards for houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
... to buy old houses (existing homes) in the States after the government stopped giving would-be homeowners free money. Last night, we found out that neither were they buying new ones. Why would they when the government no longer underwrites the risk of ...

Home trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... the adjectives the financial press quoting the analysts, quoting the economists, quoting the experts used to describe last night's disappointing US housing data. Latest figures from the National Association of Realtors has again proved the phrase "safe ...

Bond rush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... equities roller coaster ride and directing them into the bond market fun house. With no major data release out of America last night, Wall Street didn't start right - it continued where it left off last week - with the S&P 500 and the Dow both down 0.4 ...

Something for everyone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
The see on Wall Street sawed again last night. Three days of positive performance wiped out last night. The Dow closed 1.4 per cent lower while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq both lost 1.7 per cent. Why? Because the positive outlook on the US economy that ...

Fictional fact

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
Wall Street turned in another good performance last night! No one could be faulted for forming such a conclusion after reading the following headlines: "Stocks Rise on M&A Speculation; Treasuries Pare Gain, Oil Falls" - Bloomberg "Consumer sector lifts ...

Same song

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... earnings announcement and better-than-expected economic reports - or variations of these -- lifted investors' mood last night. Really? Duh!!! Yes, that deserved three exclamation marks. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Home Depot Inc., and Carlsberg beat earnings ...

Rainmaker unveils 2010 award nominees

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... held within weeks and will see the gathering of leading minds across the financial industry, and will feature an awards night to recognise the best in financial services marketing. Professionals from all business arms including superannuation, financial ...

CommInsure and Zurich win insurance awards

MEDIA RELEASES  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... the 2010 Australia and New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards. The awards, in its seventh year running, were hosted last night by the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF). "This is the third time that CommInsure has been ...