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AMP posts profits, AUM falls

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
AMP stayed in the black last year despite the market crisis although earnings by its wealth management arms dropped markedly after local and global markets went through the wringer. The group's Contemporary Wealth Management business, which includes ...

Drinking is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
What happens in Rome stays in Rome. Or so it should have been were it not for the sudden resignation of Japan's Finance Minister following the meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bankers on Valentine's Day. Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi ...

Corporate super adjusts to crisis

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... legislation was introduced three years ago, super funds have provided an option for those who change jobs or are made redundant to stay in the fund. But with employment opportunities reduced by the market downturn, many would likely stay with their previous ...

Property re-pricing to come in waves

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
Super funds with high stakes in global property should brace for more pain in the asset class this year although the re-pricing is predicted to come in stages and not necessarily in the order you would expect them to, according to a new survey. Global ...

State Street's PE business rises 60 pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... Klinck, head of State Street Alternative Investment Solutions. "Customers also recognise experienced third party providers can stay ahead of changing requirements throughout the fund lifecycle, understand the nuances of each fund's structure and adapt ...

Janus banks on maths for success

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
Melbourne-based Janus Capital Asia is staying true to its quantitative analysis investment strategies to win mandates this year. John Landau, head of Australian operations at Janus Capital, there's been "a lot of strong interest" across Janus and Enhanced ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
So it was, so it shall be. The odds - the Dow fell in 12 out of the past 16 US Presidential Inaugurations - have prevailed. Now it's 13 out of 17. The Dow fell by 4.1 per cent and the S&P 500 dropped by 5.3 per cent as Barack Obama is confirmed as the ...

Aviva covers risky jobs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... benefit] to provide an income stream in the event of the customer suffering a Critical Condition. We also recognise that stay at home parents require insurance," said Natalie Eckersall, general manager of wealth protection products. Research indicates ...

Life insurance too complicated: survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... you're going to struggle to keep it. We have to get rid of that complication so that people purchase [life insurance] and stay with it," said Gerard Kerr, ING Life Risk head of marketing, retail products and reinsurance. Whether or not someone uses a ...

Choice members up 25pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... realise there's an argument the human resource cost is a sunk cost, but tell that to the payroll managers who get in at 7am and stay back till 7pm to process cheques to fifty super funds with different requirements and formats," said Jason Low, The Association ...