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AIG: 100 per cent GFC proof

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... spa treatments, banquets, and golf outings. It was reported that the trip was a reward for top-performing life-insurance agents planned before the bailout. Less than 24 hours after the news of the party was first reported by the media, it was reported ...

ASIC cracks down on Hafoka

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... used the KSF to obtain early access to these benefits by withdrawing and distributing the funds to the superannuants and agents engaged by him to assist in the unlawful early release scheme. ASIC alleges that between 1 February and 21 December 2006 ...

ASIC boosts online MIS registration

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... portal, where they can register for access to lodge forms online. Another avenue is the registered agent portal, where agents can register for access to lodge forms on behalf of companies. The forms supplement the existing online forms that can already ...

Superpartners opens voice portal

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... administrator in Australia, administering over six million member accounts. Superpartners' 250 on-phone contact centre agents field around 2.5 million member calls enquiries per year on behalf of their fund clients.

Cognacs and chocolates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... started the sub-prime crisis - the NINJAs (No Income, No Jobs and Assets) - are being joined by their banks, real estate agents, and investors in tightening their belts - many of which have now also become NINJAs. The sad fact is that US consumer spending ...

If in doubt, stop securities lending: WW

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... agency basis by the fund's lending agent, usually their custodian, said the firm. Regarding counterparty risk, lending agents were able to re-purchase most clients' assets within two days of the Lehman Brothers default. While the lending industry coped ...

Don't worry, be happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... mistake we could make would be to talk ourselves into unnecessary economic weakness.' How true! This is because economic agents and financial market investors use each other as guideposts. One agent's expectations becomes another's and then another's. ...

Three wise economists

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... argued that the government should leave individuals to their own devices. This is because in a free market rational economic agents tend to maximise their own self-interests, which ultimately will maximise the interest of the broader economy. The current ...

AIG secures extra A$54bn in liquidity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... mischaracterized as an 'Executive Retreat,' was held by one of AIG's insurance subsidiaries for independent life insurance agents, not for AIG employees. These agents were top business producers for the company, and of the more than 100 attendees, only ...

The good and the bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... Troubled Asset Recovery Plan (TARP), have begun to raise the level of their borrowings. This time, however, these economic agents ensure that they would be able to cover their debts in case liquidity dries up anew. The negative fall out into the broader ...