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FPA ad campaign sneak preview released to members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... released, TV advertising campaign so they can see it before it goes live on September 18. The package, produced by advertising agency Banjo, compares financial planners to pilots, doctors and lawyers - trained professionals that need degrees and experience ...

Fed policy options galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... at prices consistent with the targeted yields." Option 4. "...use its existing authority to operate in the markets for agency debt (for example, mortgage-backed securities issued by Ginnie Mae, the Government National Mortgage Association)." Option 5. ...

Willing America into a dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... have decided that America is going to see a recession, particularly after the recent downgrade of the US by the rating agency Standard & Poor's." If the slow patch we've seen over the past few months were going to be "temporary" as Big Ben thought, it ...

Clime gains three-star rating for Aus equities fund

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... 43.91%, he said. The five-year-old fund has management fees of 0.87% and is available through the BT Wrap platform. Ratings agency S&P announced the new three-star rating yesterday, saying they regard lead fund manager John Abernethy as an experienced ...

PC disability insurance final report released

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... a reserve. While not suggested by the PC, one possibility is any reserve could be managed by the Future Fund Management Agency. The recommended implementation schedule is for the scheme to rolled out from mid-2014 as a pilot program in selected regions ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... analyst Juliette Saly said the domestic share market reacted with shock to US government debt being downgraded by ratings agency Standard and Poor's from AAA to AA+. "But investors seem to have calmed down a bit this morning after we saw an initial sell ...

Market dives on US downgrade, China demands new reserve currency

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... States address its structural debt problems and ensure the safety of China's dollar assets," China's official Xinhua news agency said. But Warren Hogan, chief economist at ANZ, attacked ratings agency credibility, pointing to their role in the global ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... weekend. Hopes for a bounce on the Australian share market after a horror Friday appear to have been dashed after ratings agency Standard and Poor's downgraded United States government debt from AAA to AA+. At 0624 AEST on the ASX 24 on Monday, the September ...

USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... Currency For immediate release August 5, 2011 Agencies Issue Guidance on Federal Debt Earlier today, Standard & Poor's rating agency lowered the long-term rating of the U.S. government and federal agencies from AAA to AA+. With regard to this action ...

Rates rise in Italy while Cypriot pension funds withdraw cash

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... billion euros in May to 6.1 billion euros in June, a fall of 1.4 billion euros in just one month, reports said. Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has reportedly downgraded major Cypriot banks Marfin Popular Bank and Bank of Cyprus for their Greek ...