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Cybercriminals target fin services

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
One-stop shop financial services groups should be more vigilant about how they store and manage client accounts after a new report found that online criminals are getting better at exploiting stolen financial data. Security solutions provider Symantec ...

In defense of Citi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
The US government's bail-out of Citigroup shows that policymakers have learnt the lessons of September when the collapse of Lehman Brothers launched financial market panic of seismic proportions. The 158-year old Lehman Brothers - may it rest in peace ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after the three day slump to a new four year low gives investors a buying opportunity, and after US stocks rebounded overnight. Energy stocks may also gain after the price of oil increased, although ...

Good news at last for AIG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... disablement (TPD) insurance in the future if specific events occur. The definitions for coronary artery angioplasty, heart attack and heart valve surgery have all been revised and enhanced from December while the firm also announced a $10 million, three-year ...

Crisis on Facebook

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
Call it the financial crisis that launched a thousand Facebook sites. The Web 2.0 has spawned Depression 2.0, a social networking site where individuals discuss a return to the Great Depression of the 30s. Financial planners and fund managers who want ...

Rescue package YES, economy NO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
Following last Monday's preview of a financial market pandemonium, there was little doubt in anyone's mind that the US Senate will pass the Treasury's US$700 billion rescue package. The Senate voted 74 to 25 in favour of the Emergency Economic Stabilization ...

AXA to ramp up planning revenues by $60m

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... structured referral programme that measures results so they can implement a successful campaign," he said. AXA's new line of attack will be complemented by printed and electronic communications, along with guidelines on how to make the most out of the ...

Australian Unity focuses on wellbeing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... up 18 per cent. During the year, the group introduced a 'cardiac coach' program, where members who suffered from a heart attack are assigned a 'cardiac coach' who will monitor their progress over six months following the attack, part of the group's big ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
The Australian stock market had lost about $45 billion in value by noon, after Wall Street went into convulsions overnight following the rejection by lawmakers of a massive rescue of the US financial system. At 1215 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 had ...

America on its knees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... means of exchange and was regarded a safe haven during periods of market upheaval. Now the safe haven is the one under attack, threatening the dominance of the US dollar in the capitalist' world. Seven years on and Osama bin Laden and other terrorist ...