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Riccardian equivalence redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
US President Barack Obama is bringing David Riccardo back from the dead. When the US unveiled its first bailout acronym - TARP -- for the financial sector TARP - last year, I wrote about a theory taught us budding economists called the 'Riccardian equivalence.' ...

Groundhog Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
Today, America and Canada held their annual Groundhog Day festivities to see whether spring would come early or winter will stretch six weeks more. Groundhog Day is rooted in ancient European folklore and purports that if a groundhog emerges from its ...

Spring facelift to Zurich life risk

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
Zurich is simplifying the application process, improving trauma definitions and smoothing the claims process of its life risk products. The insurance firm is targeting women and individuals who experience a period away from employment - such as maternity ...

Patience is a virtue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
Another day, another record on Wall Street - a record fall that is - as a new day brings fresh news that financial Armageddon is nigh. Yesterday's concerted action by 6 of the world's major central banks - plus the Peoples Bank of China - on top of ...

Atom joins SII global group

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
South Africa's second largest wealth management group, Sanlam International Investments (SII), has established an Australia-Pacific beach head through its acquisition of Atom Funds Management, a niche Australian boutique small-cap investment manager. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... got something for its $30 billion bonds and the price of oil going down. "I think those two things put a little bit of spring back in the market." Merrill Lynch yesterday moved to dump billions of dollars of mortgage debt and raise $US8.5 billion in ...

BT and Asgard to lead platform market

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
Nearly one third of all Australian financial planners will call the combined BT/Asgard their primary platform should the Westpac and St.George merger come to fruition. Westpac and St.George yesterday signed a merger implementation agreement - taking ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
... Nasdaq Composite Index was down 19.91 points, or 0.81 per cent, at 2,444.67. LONDON - The UK stock market was closed for the Spring Bank Holiday. It will reopen on Tuesday. On Friday, Britain's leading stock index slid 1.53 per cent to end its worst ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... closed down 94.3 points at 6,087.3, for a weekly loss of 217 points. The UK stock market will be closed on Monday for the Spring Bank Holiday. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 6,944.05 points, down 126.28 or 1.79 per cent, dropping 212.5 points during ...

Co-investing gains momentum

The co-investing model is not new but the latest mandates from QIC, Telstra Super and Sunsuper deliver hard data why the approach will likely get more airplay. Co-investing, where a super fund or a fund manager buys a direct stake in an alternative ...