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IMF - It Means Fun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
Here you go again, u-huh, scaring us again, u-huh. Can you feel it, can you feel it, can you feel it? Sure you can, it's all over the place - Chicken Little is going around crying "the sky is falling" (again). You can't miss it, not even if you close ...

Zelman opens new advice business

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
Melbourne-based life insurance specialist Aaron Zelman has opened up a new risk advice practice under the dealer group Synchron umbrella. The new advice practice, LifeScope, was created to provide expert risk-only advice to business owners, executives ...

ETFs hit $6bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
Growth in Exchange Traded Funds has slowed in the last few years but in the year to end September 2012 they still increased 16% to reach $5.7 billion, according to the ASX. This FUM is equivalent to about 9% of indexed Australian equities, based on ...

Paragem signs ex-Securitor practice

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
Independent Australian Financial Services License (AFSL) provider Paragem has signed Ford + Scott Financial Planning Pty Ltd, after the Tasmanian-based business resigned from Westpac's Securitor AFSL. "We've enjoyed a long and successful relationship ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
This isn't supposed to happen. Have you seen the headlines over the past 24 hours? There was bad news almost everywhere from Australian broadcaster Alan Jones chastised by the media (social or otherwise) to Britain's princess Kate snapped - bottomless ...

AMP Capital chases Asian growth

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
Retail and institutional investors will be targeted in China and Japan, as AMP Capital chases growth in the Asian region. Plans to provide retail offerings to the Chinese market were currently stalled by laws preventing life companies owning funds management ...

No BO news till elections please?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
You just gotta love the financial markets -- they don't run out of things to speculate about. With QE speculation over, the guessing game has shifted to whether or not QEs will work to bring back animal spirits and lead to a longer lasting and durable ...

A stock market rally could get Obama over the line

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
Despite a common perception that the Republican Party is good for business, over the past 12 elections spanning 48 years, the S&P 500 has in fact delivered higher average annual returns under Democratic governments. That's according to a recent paper ...

BlackRock earns double honours at hedge fund awards

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
The BlackRock Australian Equity Market Neutral Fund received double honours at the annual Cure Our Kids Australian Hedge Fund Awards last night, winning awards for Australian hedge fund of the year, and best market neutral fund. The wholesale fund delivered ...

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012