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Zurich eyes platforms for growth

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
Macquarie, BT and AXA are some of the platform providers Zurich Financial Services will be targeting next year as the firm shifts its strategy from launching new products, to increasing its presence in the platform sector. Matthew Drennan, general manager ...

Ireland gives in to EU bailout

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
The Irish government has finally caved into the pressure and requested assistance from the European Union and IMF to solve its fiscal crisis and enable it to prop up its ailing banks. The Guardian newspaper reported that Ireland would receive a,-70 ...

Chireland hurdled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... extract excess liquidity to bring down inflation came to pass - fears passed, Beijing passed tightening measures. The Peoples Bank of China again raised the reserve requirement by 50 bps to as much as 18 per cent for major banks. This followed the State ...

Centric Wealth gears up for acquisitions

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... group, thanks to big league M&As bubbling in the market. Mergers such as AMP and AXA's present rare opportunities to non-bank aligned financial planning dealer groups to beef up their acquisitions, said John McMurdo, chief executive of Centric Wealth. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... up 33 cents to $43.80 and Rio Tinto adding 73 cents to $84.42. By comparison, major banks lost ground, with Commonwealth Bank down 42 cents to $49.48, and Westpac Banking Corporation losing 14 cents to $21.79.

UBS promotes Rider to new head of inv strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... metrics and strategy as part of global commodity research. Before UBS, Rider was Australian chief economist for UBS Investment Bank and an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia. Stefan Lecher, global head of strategists for GIS, said the appointment ...

When Irish eyes are frowning

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
Local fixed interest managers are positioning their portfolios carefully to avoid the Irish fiscal hangover and to exploit opportunities. The European sovereign debt crisis, which has been bubbling under the surface for months now, has resurfaced and ...

Fed & RBA on the ball

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... here to stay. It's risk on one more time. It's not only the Fed that appears to have gotten it right -- our very own Reserve Bank of Australia did too. Remember the consensus bet that the RBA will not raise interest rates on Melbourne Cup Day... but ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... 0637 AEDT, the December share price index contract was one point higher at 4,637. In economics news on Thursday, Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Ric Battellino delivers a speech to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia in Western ...

Median Australian shares fund down: Mercer

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
Australian shares have rallied in October after a strong September lead but the median result for Australian share funds were slightly worse than the market, the latest Mercer Survey shows. The median of the Mercer Australian Shares survey for the year ...