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Securitor adds planners and expands research

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... dialled back from a 10 per cent level in a client's portfolio to five per cent when the sector was going through uncertain times... we still take an asset allocation view." Younger said the Securitor network is well positioned whatever the government ...

Low rates to stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
How many times do I have to say it? The US Federal Reserve would not raise interest rates until the American economy has stronger legs to stand on. This is basically what Chairman Benny told US and world financial markets when he spoke before the Economic ...

Advisers prepare for spike in insurance sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... more than 800 participants expecting to boost activity by more than 20 per cent, the research shows. "In these uncertain times attention has become more heavily skewed towards protection rather than growing assets - leading to a mini-boom in the insurance ...

Top 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
The list has been drawn and is out! Worry no more about Dubai. There are bigger fish to fry. The Financial Times reports that the Financial Stability Board (FSB) - the regulator advocated by US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner last June to pre-empt and ...

Desert Storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
"You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille. With four hungry children and crops in the field. I've had some bad times, lived through some sad times, But this time the hurting won't heal. You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille." --Kenny Rogers ...

AXA unveils new group insurance website

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... included a secure document submission which feeds directly into AXA's workflow management system, which speeds up response times," he said. Bergin said the improvements to the underwriting application status reporting will provide the intermediary with ...

Beware consumer staples: Lincoln

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... are often considered defensive, but a lot of agricultural businesses have suffered from lower commodity prices in recent times... it's really hindered and affected profitability and cash flow," said Elio D'Amato, chief executive of Lincoln Indicators. ...

No transparency, no mandates: ARIA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... managers - regardless of how compelling their offers might be, said Crafter. "In the recent financial upheaval we sought at all times to have a complete picture of the value of our members' assets - and being unable to know the exact positions that are ...

Retirement worries worse than job loss

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... Ross Clare, research director at ASFA. "If you're in a defined benefit [DB] scheme, you're really happy particularly in times of economic uncertainty. "And if you're not in a DB scheme, you're in a large well run fund, with good comparative investment ...

Age of greener capitalism

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... are. They run a Global Equity fund, which Burns said sifts through 4,400 'eligible' stocks around the world ("that's 4.5 times the size of the Australian market," he said) to find the 25 or so stocks that make it to the portfolio. To date, the fund has ...