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Wagging the dog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
To all those who have Christmas lunches - long liquid lunches - to go to today, go now pronto for developments in the financial markets last night was another one of those "ho-hum" moments. Not that you'll pick it from the headlines and stories doing ...

Dream on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
"Tell him he's dreaming." Twelve days to Christmas and by the looks of it Europe's dream of appeasing one and all, including themselves, remains just that - a fantasy. All three credit rating agencies came out last night to deliver their verdict on ...

Plan 5 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
It was the summit touted as the one to end all summits. But nah! As Daryll Kerrigan in the "The Castle" would say, "tell him he's dreaming". Five Plans done, "n" to go. Last weekend's European Summit produced something - well, sort of - and the equity ...

AMP: Women putting advice on hold

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
The latest AMP Planner Protection Poll has found that 41.8% of financial planners polled believe the primary barrier to women seeking advice is the emphasis placed on their partner or spouse's finances. A further 14.8% of planners cited low awareness ...

AIA Australia launches life product upgrade

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
Life insurance provider AIA Australia has upgraded its priority protection product to include severe diabetes as a crisis event under its benefits listings in response to skyrocketing cases in the Australian population. It is reported that some 275 ...

Waiting to exhale 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
So here we are... in another "waiting to exhale" moment. Like I, me and Irene expected, volatility's picked up ahead of the unveiling of yet another European Grand Plan. It's Plan Numero Five this time. And like the anticipation that went before Plans ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
The Australian dollar rose following the release of data showing the national economy grew strongly in the September quarter. The Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday released the national accounts for the September quarter, revealing growth ...

PIGS!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
You're all pigs now! It's just as well that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut interest rates when they did -- the RBA lowered the official cash rate to 4.25% from 4.5% yesterday. It may have taken the Financial Times report leaking that Standard ...

RBA right to cut rates and correct to hold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
Decisions, decisions. Today's the first Tuesday of the month so it must be "what to do with interest rates" decision time for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The punting is finely balanced with, according to Bloomberg's polling, 13 out of 25 economists ...

ASIC achieves settlement for Westpoint investors

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
A group of investors in the failed Westpoint Group stand to receive over $1.39 million in compensation in a settlement reached by ASIC against Queensland firm Strategic Joint Partners. ASIC started proceedings against Strategic Joint Partners (SJP) ...