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Help is on its way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... ifs, ands, ors... nor buts. No more "Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle yeah..." I can just imagine the central bank heads (and government authorities) of member euro nations humming, "he's sexy and he knows it". Super Mario's speech said it all. ...

BOE qualifies for World Cup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... become even prettier with employment rising by 283,000 in March - the biggest increase on record - to a record 30.4 million heads. Likewise, the claimant count unemployment continues to decline - down by 25,100 to 1116.7K in April - the lowest since ...

Life insurers need more 'wise old heads': APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The life insurance industry needs more 'wise old heads' to provide an historical perspective and avoid falling into the same traps, according to Ian Laughlin, deputy chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Laughlin said that ...

JANA absorbs MLC IM in NAB restructure

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... under the MLC brand and be supported by the same investment philosophy. Patrick and Armitage's roles will be redefined as co-heads of JANA. Today's announcement follows the combination two years ago of the JANA Implemented Consulting and MLC Implemented ...

BRICs without BRI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... government has the will and the wherewithal to engage in counter-cyclical policies and the determination to enforce them... or heads will roll. Would you believe this could happen three or four years ago? I'm sure the BRIs didn't either. That's why they ...

This means war (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... more calculating than North Korea's Kim. Putin better prove me right this time, else I'll retire trying to get inside the heads of tyrants forevermore. And just as last year war mongering served more bargains and better entry points for investors, so ...

Weatherhead to leave Rice Warner for AustralianSuper

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... workflow system and providing statistical support to claims managers on potential claims hot-spots. At the moment, Weatherhead heads the life and health practice at Rice Warner where his primary focus is on advice to financial institution and life company ...

Tasplan and Quadrant mull merger

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
Tasmanian superannuation funds Quadrant fund Tasplan will investigate a merger and have entered into a Heads of Agreement. The two funds will consider whether there would be an improved provision of superannuation services to the members and employers ...

Punishing Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... assets dropped and safe-haven ones rose. This could become more pronounced as tensions escalate. The hope is that cooler heads would prevail and that Putin would be given an avenue to graciously back out. As Sun Tzu's 'Art of War' prescribes, "When you ...

When saving goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... A$252 million in the first half of fiscal year 2013-14. So what does it do? Save, of course. It'll do this by slashing 5,000 heads off its workforce, sell 50 aircrafts and reduce international capacity. Good for Qantas. The maths work same revenue less ...