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Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... Wall Street needed a boost, Alan was there. But you went far beyond that when you bowed to the political pressures of the Bush and Obama administrations and turned the Fed into an arm of the Treasury. Under your watch, the Bernanke Put became a bailout ...

Almost Per-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... trillion. Scary stuff. But recall then former US President Clinton's budget surplus "as far as the eye can see?" It just took one Bush to turn it into a "what surplus?" And the GFC to shovel it further down. By the same token, a lot could happen in ten ...

Zurich manager wins Aon Benfield Scholarship

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
Victor Caballero of Zurich Financial Services has won the Aon Benfield Scholarship for 2009 - a joint scholarship from the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Aon Benfield Australia. Caballero, segment development manager at Zurich ...

A lose-lose proposition

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
If you can't buy 'em, jail 'em! Is China going back to its old ways? Wall Street ended flat overnight. And so it should there was really not much news out for it to react to one or another. The G8 meeting in Italy produced nothing new. Their communique ...

It's all about China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... the biggest stock of foreign reserves, a whopping US$1.954 trillion at the end of March this year. For the most part of the Bush administration, America was lecturing the Chinese about the magnificent wonders of unrestrained capitalism. America demanded ...

ING hires two distribution managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
ING Australia added two distribution managers to the firm's life risk division. Protip DasGupta was appointed NSW distribution manager and Rob McNeill was appointed Victorian distribution manager. DasGupta previously worked at as a business development ...

Instinet to donate brokerage commission to bushfire appeal

Instinet will donate its brokerage commissions from all ASX trades conducted today to the victims of the Victorian bushfires. The trading technology firm will donate the day's brokerage commissions less clearing and settlement costs to those affected ...

Insurance taxes should be slashed: NIBA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
The average household in Victoria pays as much as 50 per cent more in house and contents cover due to government-related insurance taxes, prompting an insurance industry body to call for tax reforms ahead of the bushfire royal commission. The National ...

Health Super gives aid to fire victims

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
Health Super is helping bushfire victims by donating their call centre staff services, giving blood, and offering essentials to aid those in need. The $7.6 billion industry fund has donated the services of its call centre staff to the Red Cross Call ...

Future2 calls for bushfire donations

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
The Future2 Foundation has launched an appeal for the victims of the Victorian bushfires and is calling the financial planning industry to give generously. The appeal will be promoted to all 12,000 Financial Planning Association (FPA) members in a newsletter. ...