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Desert storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
Christchurch continues to dig through the rubble left by the tremor that hit the region three days ago in the hope of rescuing all those still trapped underneath. While on the other part of the globe, Libyan butcher Qaddafi continues to turn his country ...

Yakety yak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
I wonder if anyone noticed that there was a G-20 meeting held over the weekend. Yes, there was! Honest. Am sure many have heard of the meeting in Paris where the world's 20 most powerful heads talked to discuss the collective economic and financial ...

Roubini defects

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
"If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!" At least this is way better than the "if you can't stop 'em, beat and shoot 'em" tactic employed by the governments of Bahrain and Libya on their protesting people. Wall Street activity overnight was just like a repeat ...

AMP rides subdued market with solid growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
AMP has posted a slight increase in financial planner numbers, solid performance from its fund managers and higher inflows in super, according to full-year results announced this morning. AMP has recorded an underlying profit for the 2010 financial ...

Infocus to grow NSW base

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
Dealer group Infocus Money Management is to build out its financial planning network from 75 advisory groups to 200 nationally while focusing on its existing planners through its second phase workshop program. As part of this nationwide expansion plan ...

Self-directed investors challenge industry giants

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
Wealth managers already struggling to defend their business models against intra-fund advice and MySuper reforms are set to be confronted by even bigger challenges - this time from a new breed of product providers built solely to cater for self-directed ...

Inflated inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
That dreaded "I" word is making a comeback into market players' psyche. Inflation is lurking just around the corner - at least for the developed economies. In the emerging ones, they've been trying to shoo evil inflation away as if almost forever. China ...

Westscheme merges with AustralianSuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
The merger of AustralianSuper and Westscheme announced today would create a $40 billion super fund with 1.7 million members, further cementing AustralianSuper's ranking as Australia's biggest super fund. In a joint press conference at 1pm today, long-time ...

Cycling up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
It's good in so far as it's bad. For those like me who logged on over the weekend hoping to glean clarity on America's future, the latest non-farm payrolls report outing provided none. Yes, Virginia, both the bulls and the bears would be claiming, "I ...

LUCRF selects Provisio

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
LUCRF Super has signed on to use Provisio Technologies' Rapid Advice Delivery software solution. Provisio's software offers the means to deliver advice to thousands of members online, by telephone or in person, making it popular among superannuation ...