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It's all about the US week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
Sit back and enjoy the first two days of this week for starting mid-week... financial markets' moods could swing - for the better or the worse - on America. Yes Virginia, this week is all about the US of A. Sure Virginia, there'll be speculations galore ...

AIMA appoints new general manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has appointed former hedge fund manager Michael Gallagher as general manager of its Australian National Group. Gallagher replaces Brett Ireland who has decided to focus on a full-time role elsewhere ...

James knows when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
Jumpin' Jiminy Cricket Batman! The US Federal Reserve will begin to lift interest rates soon - that is, sooner than everyone in the planet expects. Bullard of bull (dropping?). Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said so in his ...

Credit Suisse named best UHNW bank in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
Credit Suisse has been named the most outstanding institution for its Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) service offering ($50 million plus) at the Australian Private Banking Awards for the fourth consecutive year. The Australian Private Banking Awards are ...

Dancing with digital: MAX

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
Financial services marketers face the twin challenges of being relevant to the digital investor while complying with snail-mail era regulation - but there are ways to get the best of both worlds. Speakers at this year's MAX Marketing, Adverting and ...

Voting opens for the 2014 MAX Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
Voting is now open for the MAX Awards, which are the refreshed and rebranded Rainmaker Sales and Marketing Excellence Awards. This year, as part of the rebrand, there are new categories including Best Social Media Campaign, Best Integrated Campaign ...

Prescriptions galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014

Catching the big wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
Whoopsie! No more free Chinese take-aways. Yeah, yeah, I know... I'm a day late and a yuan short in bringing to you the latest market moving event in the world's second biggest economy. And yes, I mentioned short because some speculators might be thinking ...

Gen Ys engaged with life insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
Young Australians appear to be engaged with the importance of insurance, as new research reveals that with 48% of GenYs do not use outside influences when making a decision about their life insurance policy. A TAL survey found that 39% of Australians ...

Of horse trades and the January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
Boyoboyoboy, by the looks of it...we're really in trouble now, real trouble. Nah, not talkin' bout the Fed taking another US$10 billion away, neither that dreadful indication that China is continuing to slow nor renewed deflation fears in the eurozone ...