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Santa Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... results we achieve -- by the jobs we create, by the energy we save, by whether America is more competitive in the world.' The plan is expected to cost another US$500 billion - US$700 billion. This is clever spending because construction/improvements ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... Australian stock market is expected to open higher after US shares gained on optimism that President-elect Barack Obama's plan for a huge infrastructure spending package will help boost the US economy. Resource stocks may also gain after commodity prices ...

QIC calls for better liquidity risk mgmt

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
Super funds are more likely to benefit from intensive scenario planning and frequent rebalancing programs in the face of a slowing economy, according to QIC. While many fuper funds already have risk amangement strategies in place, QIC is advising them ...

Green funds to benefit from new govt policies

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008

Climate change takes priority: Zurich

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
Climate change should be at the top of insurers' concerns as it directly impacts product premiums and the bottom lines of insurers worldwide, according to Zurich. "Climate change should not be on page five - it needs to be on page one," said David Smith ...

Decimal offers $5 financial health check

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... planners can use to draft statements of advice (SoA) and also to describe to prospective clients with benefits of a financial plan. The service is available to registered financial planners. "Think about it as a novel alternative to sending a Season's ...

Daily unit pricing not the answer: Henaghan

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
Pricing assets daily is counter intuitive to a super fund's aim of generating long term returns, according to Sean Henaghan from AMP Capital Investors. Henaghan, an investment director at the global investment firm, told an Investment Management Consultants ...

Vanguard on the hiring trail

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
Vanguard Investments Australia has appointed two new regional sales managers and plans to recruit more business development managers (BDMs) to support its growing adviser client base. Vanguard Investments Australia has named its two new regional sales ...

BT upgrades insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
BT Financial Group has improved the features of its Westpac Protection Plans and BT Life Protection Plans to provide wider coverage across illnesses. The firm has revised its definition cancer conditions to include Colorectal cancer and Chronic Lymphomatic ...

Que sera, sera

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
Roll out the printing presses. Cutting the Federal funds target rate below 1 per cent is certainly feasible. This was the statement delivered by US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in his speech before the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce in ...