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Dob in a fraud: CalPERS

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... chief executive of CalPERS. Other improvements at the fund include co-sponsorship of legislation that requires placement agents to be subject to strict gift limits, stricter rules for communication between board members and staff about investment proposals ...

AIA ranks as best insurance brand

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... Green. The firm also has a large customer base with 23 million policies in force, a distribution force of more than 300,000 agents across the region and more than 100,000 accounts in group insurance. AIA in Australia adopted the brand name in June last ...

SMSF advisers back FOFA call to upskill

SPAA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... the setup of a SMSF. Only 33 per cent of respondents agreed with the need for financial planners to become registered tax agents in order to provide incidental tax advice.

AIA to list, names new chief

PRESS RELEASES  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange subject to regulatory approvals and market conditions. The firm has a network of 320,000 agents and approximately 23,500 employees across 15 geographic locations with more than $26 million in in-force policies in the region. ...

More planners gain SMSF cred

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... standards now cover a much broader range of competencies for professionals undertaking SMSF courses, including advisers, tax agents, lawyers, auditors, and accountants alike," she said. Previously focusing on advice, understanding and application of ...

New-found optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... enough, must as well pack our bags and start buying. This is the mirror image of what happened a few months back when market agents grew tired of expecting that gains - in the economy and share prices - to continue month after month after month. So they ...

To spend or not to spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... growth could engender -- maybe not on financial markets as we've seen over the past few months -- but on real economic agents. This is true for so long as debt is used for productive pursuits. It will be interesting to see how the G-20 navigates through ...

Going nowhere fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... pulse monitor this morning. I would be too if faced with the same old, same old daily boring stuff that financial market agents look at everyday. While we were sleeping, a raft of economic data and news reports came flooding. That should be good, ain't ...

Northern Trust wins $1.8bn custody mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... and investment accounting mandate of $1.8 billion insurance firm, Beazley. Beazley is one of Lloyd's top five managing agents. The firm writes insurance and reinsurance business in the US through Lloyd's syndicates and Beazley Insurance Company. Last ...

RIP May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... mention of improvements in second derivatives and "green shoots" to effect a turnaround in investor psychology and economic agents that brought forth the world's recovery from near-depression. What more now that it's the first derivatives that have improved ...