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Dec 2007 redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
The world's major central banks have launched a joint effort to address the on-going liquidity crisis and stabilise financial markets. This failed in December 2007 when the economic and financial backdrop were much better, will it succeed this time? ...

America on its knees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
The bloodbath continues. The Federal Reserve's US$85 billion bailout of American Insurance Group (AIG) proved insufficient to calm the financial market panic that appears to be increasing by the day. The overnight sell-off saw more than three years' ...

Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
'This is a once in a half century, probably once in a century type of event.' (Alan Greenspan). Are we headed for a repeat of the global depression of the 1930s? This might sound too alarmist but indeed, quite a possibility as one giant US financial ...

Whac-a-mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
This Week's Market Movers (15 - 19 Sep 2008) The market jubilation that followed the US Treasury's rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac early last week quickly faded as problems in Lehman Brothers, Washington Mutual and American International Group ...

ShareInvest gets Lonsec approval

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
OneVue's separately managed account (SMA) product, ShareInvest, received an 'approved' rating from Lonsec. Lonsec found the product's fees were transparent and reasonable for the administration service provided. "This means when financial planners use ...

Manage ideas not just money

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
Rather than just hand over mandates to several money managers hoping their separate investment decisions don't cancel each other out, Russell's new emulation strategy instead pays managers for their best ideas that the firm then centrally implements. ...

New era in fee disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
Thousands of planners are at risk of losing their industry accreditation if they haven't complied with a little known industry guideline on trail fees that took effect this year. Two years ago, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) introduced four ...

The hedge that saves

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
Global insurers that invested heavily in so-called 'investment guarantee' products escaped the brunt of the liquidity crisis, giving actuarial firm Milliman the idea to explore how the same strategy could work for mums-and-dads investors in Australia. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open significantly lower after US and European stocks slumped overnight on concerns that company profits will be hurt. Resource stocks may gain after commodities including oil, gold and industrial metals advanced. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
The Australian stock market had staged an impressive recovery at noon to be 0.3 per cent higher as strength in banking stocks offset a poor lead from Wall St. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 18.4 points, or 0.32 per cent, to 5686.8 ...