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Good Bank Bad Bank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... or it may have to write them off eventually -- wasting taxpayers' money in the process. But surely the geniuses on Capitol Hill would have a Plan B for the bad bank to work. And for equity markets, at least for today, it may be enough to see their government ...

ING snaps up Sentry stake

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
ING Australia has bought a 37.5 per cent shareholding in Sentry Financial Group following last March's partnership deal with the planning firm. ING formed a "strategic partnership" with Sentry early last year, which included an option to take a 37.5 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... will take to shore up the economy. President Barack Obama's Treasury Secretary nominee, Timothy Geithner, was on Capitol Hill for his Senate confirmation hearing. He asked Congress to act quickly and forcefully to deal with financial crisis and said ...

Bumper year for the faithful: Fidelity

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... or five years - and that is particularly so with superannuation funds," he said. Taylor's sentiments is echoed by Allison Hill, senior consultant at Frontier, who told the Financial Standard last week that unlisted assets will soon take a back seat as ...

Cognacs and chocolates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
In spite of the best wishes for good tidings for the New Year, sorrows and trouble abound. The global financial crisis shows no signs of abating. The global economic future looks glum. Yet Americans are unable to afford their usual psychological crutches ...

Industry funds turn to listed assets

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... in the portfolio and if you look at the listed ones at the moment, they've declined considerably in price," said Allison Hill, senior consultant at Frontier. "Industry funds will maintain commitments to existing unlisted assets. "But I don't think they'll ...

Introducing life cycle insurance: REST

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... ages 20 and 30 and is [then] higher through the 40s and 50s - matching member needs at different life stages," said Damian Hill, chief executive of REST. "It is based on members' needs, instead of how much cover is available at a fixed cost. It's not ...

Frontier hires analyst

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... as an analyst and prior that appointment as a research assistant at Monash University analysing Asian hedge funds. Allison Hill, Frontier Investment Consulting senior consultant, said the Lee's expertise in hedge funds provided the focus for him at Frontier. ...

Qld planner named Telstra Business Woman finalist

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... was recognised at this year's Telstra Business Woman of the Year awards in Queensland. The 31 year old planner from Camp Hill was appointed the winner of the PricewaterhouseCoopers award last month, and was recently a finalist in the 2008 Telstra awards ...

Sisyphian challenge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
Like the mythical king Sisyphus, fiscal and monetary authorities continue to push a huge boulder up a hill only to watch it roll back down. But while Sisyphus rolled the same rock over and over, the global boulder authorities are trying to push over ...