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Planners champion risk advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... financial planning firm's practice revenue came from risk products such as life insurance. Large increases were recorded by both bank-based advisers and planners who had previously earned only a small proportion of their revenue from risk products. This ...

Moral hazard on Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
Yes we can! And again, Yes we can! In trying to make this slogan come true, US President Barack Obama has taken the concept of moral hazard from Wall Street to Main Street. Just one day after he signed his autograph on a piece of paper turning the US$787 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 23 points lower at 3,354. In economic news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its monthly bulletin, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases new motor vehicle sales for January ...

Drinking is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... authorities with no recourse but to watch the world's second biggest economy dive into its biggest contraction in 35 years. The Bank of Japan's hands are tied with interest rates now at zero and it is now up to the government to stand up to the plate. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 67 points LOWER at 3,374. In economic news on Wednesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia's assistant governor economics, Malcolm Edey, addresses the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... not much you can say about it, but the financial sector is holding up ok." Among the major banks, the National Australia Bank had lost 13 cents to $18.44, Commonwealth Bank had added 25 cents to $29.87, Westpac had found eight cents at $17.02, while ...

AUI adds three

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... financial services. She was previously with GBS Venture Partners as chief financial officer and has also worked with Macquarie Bank as associate director - banking and property, and with KPMG as audit manager. Dullahide said that the position was created ...

ITC Funds Management expands team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... Fellow appointee Bailey, who boasts 20 years industry experience, previously worked at ANZ, BT Financial Group and Macquarie Bank. "I am very pleased ITC has attracted such high calibre expertise to continue our growth and build on the relationships ...

Biggest Loser Part 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... cent and Target's comparable store sales climbed by 4 per cent. Likewise, the Housing Industry Association and Commonwealth Bank First Home Buyer Affordability index improved by 39.2 per cent in the December quarter, taking housing to its most affordable ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was two points higher at 3,500. In economic news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes of its February board meeting, and the Melbourne Institute releases its Wages Report for the ...