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Capitalism killed Mars

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011

ASIC starts shadow shopping

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... cent of advice provided to the clients of those surveyed was not reasonable and that unreasonable advice was three to six times more common where the adviser had an actual conflict of interest over remuneration or recommending associated products. And ...

A decade on, Frontier turns new leaf

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... areas of interest, such as infrastructure, property, international equities and Australian equities. But in a sign of the times, Frontier also created teams devoted to Asian research, 'real assets' including timber and commodities, and currency. "The ...

Equipsuper launches 'clever' insurance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... chronically underinsured," said Danielle Press, chief executive officer, Equipsuper. As of June 1 2011, new members receive four times salary as default cover with an option to increase by an additional two multiples without underwriting. They will also ...

Upside in fixed income: Aberdeen

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... will deliver very similar returns to cash over the next twelve months and that the RBA should raise rates 'probably two times' during that period. Victor Rodriguez, head of fixed income Australia, Aberdeen, cited a shift towards cash as the defensive ...

Japan shall overcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... Last time I looked, Europe was still there. For financial markets there were a host of other big crises in contemporary times - the Asian financial crisis of 1997/98, September 11 terrorist attacks on the US in 2001, the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 ...

Trust grows with NZ purchase

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... Company, said he was very happy with the purchase after picking up Guardian Trust for $31.6 million which was less than five times the New Zealand firm's forecast earnings before tax, depreciation and amortisation for the year ending in June. "I'm in ...

Game changer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
During these terribly horrible times, particularly for the people of Japan, it would seem callous - perhaps even a sacrilege -- to be contemplating about investing and profiting from what Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan described as the worst since ...

The day the earth moved

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... incident. Now it's gonna be Japan. Two Japanese oil refineries burnt during the tremor. And according to the Los Angeles Times, "Industry experts say that if Japan can't get its refineries back on line quickly, there will be a spike in that country's ...

BT Life fast tracks claims

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... almost 25 per cent of all income protection claims paid without the requirement of claim forms while reducing end-to-end times by up to four weeks. "I am particularly proud of this feature as it helps claimants during their darkest hours, they are struggling ...