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AMP rides subdued market with solid growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... forward to the opportunity to create a new competitive force in financial services, with quality financial advice at its heart," said Dunn. "We're confident the merged company will have the scale and capability, along with diversity of brands and distribution ...

Headlining the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... core. Only then will we have a problem. Oh not us Australians. The Reserve Bank of Australia is in a good place. Again, I heart the RBA.

I heart the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
I heart the RBA. Who wouldn't? OK, ok... most borrowers perhaps. But in the general scheme of things it's on top of the list on my Valentine's list. The minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia's February Board meeting is set for outing today. The minutes ...

Downgrade me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
I don't know about you but it seems to me that everybody and his dog are now tuning in into the "Fiscal Deficit & Sovereign Debt Watch" show. Of course, there's nothing closer to our Australian hearts than the Gillard and Swan tandem disaster levy just ...

Turkeys, PIGS and Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
While investors had no recourse but to leave Americans at peace to bite heartily into their Thanksgiving turkeys - markets were closed - many were still shooting down European PIGS at the same time that Koreans were shooting down each other. After sending ...

Fed & RBA on the ball

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
Phew! That was one hell of a ride wasn't it? Now that our collective heartbeats have calmed down to their resting pace, what now? Well let's see. As far as Ireland goes, it's going... to do something, that is. It's got the weight of Europe plus the ...

AFA pledges support for advice campaign

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is calling on its members and supporters to raise $500,000 by the end of the conference to fund a campaign designed to highlight the benefits of good financial advice. Ron Lambert, a financial adviser and ...

Advisers in clean bill of health

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
Advisers are taking an active approach to their own health, according to the 2010 Zurich Heart Foundation Heart Health Index. One in three advisers have made changes to reduce their risk of heart disease in the last six months with even more reporting ...

PAS supports Paceline

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
Professional Associations Super hopes to raise $60,000 for heart research, joining the list of super funds helping to secure funds for charities affecting retirees. The Paceline ride involves 20 riders and 2 support crew traveling 1100km from Adelaide ...

Good for nothing war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
"War! huh-yeah What is it good for? Absolutely nothing..." Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong wrote this song in 1969 in protest of the Vietnam War. Its lyrics talk about the lost of lives and "tears to a thousand mothers' eyes". "War! It ain't nothing ...