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Chief economist update: The Fed's force is with us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
"Suddenly the wheels are in motion. And I, I'm ready to sail any ocean. Suddenly I don't need the answers. Cause I, I'm ready to take all my chances with you." - Olivia Newton-John Oh yes Virginia, the wheels are surely in motion...suddenly. The Dow ...

AIA pilots door-to-door claims program

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
... claims program that provides free door-to-door support in the face of significant health events. In a crisis the Claims on Wheels program will provide clients with their own personal claims consultant who will assist through the claims process. The consultant ...

Investment analysts overpaid and mostly redundant: Moore

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... only a few areas of the market that are mis-priced. All the analysts covering the other sectors are just spinning their wheels filing stuff. "Every time you add a new person it makes stock picking harder because it adds to the noise and information gets ...

Accountants slow to take up limited AFSL

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... the change, no matter which path you choose, can take several months. It's important to recognise if you don't get the wheels in motion by the end of the year, you're going to face serious challenges in 2016. "As the Christmas wind-down is upon us, I'd ...

A win-win currency war?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
Whoopsie, I just got caught sleeping behind the wheels (er, keyboard). I just found out that there's now a term for the current "patient"-induced volatility in the financial markets. Reuters called (past tense) it "patient panic" in its published article ...

FEATURE: Gear up for retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... to come up with the best strategies to meet retirees needs. Treasurer Joe Hockey's 2014-15 budget speech in May sent the wheels of the financial services industry speed up. The rise of the Age Pension eligibility age to 70 years old by 2035 and the indexing ...

Losing triple A by trying to maintain AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013

Wheel of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... improved relative to the situation prevailing in late 2011, but indicators still suggest a fragile recovery" last week. If the wheels of the virtuous cycle continue to turn as we expect, pretty soon even this caveat would be no more and the wheel of ...

Market woes cause adviser headache

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... about Europe and Italy in particular were affecting markets. "There's a possibility we'll fall further especially if the wheels fall off Italy," he said. Spooner said non-cyclical stocks would fare best in the current environment. His two picks were ...

Wheels rolling away from commission

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
AMP continues on its path away from a commission-based fee model, testing the waters by removing the in-built commissions within the AMP Growth Bond fund. It's a small step for AMP given that the fund is new but, if the strategy works, it could become ...