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Oil outlook flips on economy flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... forecasts for a 376,000 gain. This would be so laughable if only people's fortunes are not riding on it. But hitch your fortune on this extremely volatile series and you deserve to be laugh at. The statistic with less ADHD - the four-week moving average ...

Queen Qaddafi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
Oil is the word, is the word, is the word. Yup there's no turning the pages of the political, economic and financial news without seeing the letters O-I-L these days. And all because of "Queen" Qaddafi's (UK's The Telegraph reported that he "pleaded ...

I heart the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... that what we've already heard from RBA Governor Glen Stevens last week, but it'll serve to etch Australia's good economic fortune deeper into all Australians' psyche. "It is worth recording that a combination, on the latest figures, of a 5 per cent unemployment ...

Property recovery reignites super fund war

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
Australia's recovering commercial property market fuelling the bounce back in the direct property sector, combined with share returns turning south, has dented the retail super surge and put industry funds back in the market lead. CB Richard Ellis has ...

Board diversity gives greater results

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... research. Additionally, superannuation investors regard the low level of female board participation as an investment issue. US Fortune 500 Company boards report nearly twice the level of female representation than Australian companies, with ACSI's ASX100 ...

Australia's big bro

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... Particularly, for those who caught a plane - or a boat - down to Australia. For today's Australia is closely intertwined with the fortune cookie that is China. China is one of the major reasons why Australia remained the "Lucky Country" despite the fierce ...

Fortune cookie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
... Bummer! What's irritating is that America's - and Japan's and Europe's - misfortunes are overshadowing Australia's good fortune. While authorities in the US, Japan and Europe continue to worry over how to make the fledgling recovery in their domestic ...

More wealth mgmt on web

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... over 30,000 webcasts per year, providing communication and analysis services to practically all the companies on the US Fortune 500 and nearly 90 per cent of companies listed on the ASX. In this new world where investors are more likely to log on to ...

Zurich adds two to tele-underwriting team

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... team following a rise in demand from financial planners for the service. The firm has hired Pam Fitzgerald and Shayne Fortune to the team. Fitzgerald joins from a life broker firm while Fortune was previously at the firm's call centre. Like other insurers ...

Contra confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Did anyone hear that loud thud on Wall Street over the weekend? So what do we do now? Are we back on track for very slow growth - at worst, a double-dip -- and all the sinister consequences it'll have on our combined and individual fortunes? The Street ...