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Savings paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
Yesterday's strong rally on Wall Street was followed by a flat performance overnight. Is Wall Street catching its breath before taking another jump? Or is it taking a deep breath for diving? Such is the uncertainty created by the current global economic ...

US advisers keen on equities

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
US based research has found two in five local financial advisers are preparing for an equity market upswing and moving their client's portfolios into shares. Putnam Investments research of 600 financial advisers in the US found 53 per cent of respondents ...

Fanning the flames of fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
There is a saying that goes, 'if you have nothing good to say, just shut up' or something along those lines. These days it seems that after more than a year and a half of the global financial crisis, trillions in bail-out money, record low interest ...

KBC blocks water fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
KBC Asset Management's Global Water fund is closed to new money in Australia. Simon Padley, KBC Asset Management head of distribution, said the fund is not accepting new money because the Belgian based asset manager is reviewing some of the group's ...

Planners tune in to ETFs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
Over the next decade, exchange traded funds (ETFs) could put management fees of many Aussie fund managers under pressure - marking ETFs as the next boom market for fee-for-service planners. Bruce Baker, director of Queensland-based Puzzle Financial ...

Twenty new topics for NGS Super

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
The $2.65 billion NGS Super is helping members tackle financial literacy barriers with extra modules and 20 new topics added to its interactive online program. NGS Super's 'Take Control of Your Finances' program aims to help members manage money better. ...

GSJBW appoints co-CEO

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
Simon Rothery has been appointed co-chief executive of Goldman Sachs JBWere. In an email circulated to GSJBW staff yesterday, Stephen Fitzgerald, co-chief executive of the company announced the appointment of Rothery. Rothery replaces ex-co chief executive ...

NAB deploys Telstra tech

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
National Australia Bank is improving its telephone banking with a new speech recognition product from Telstra and VeCommerce. The new service is designed to improve NAB's telephone banking experience, as customer enquiries are directed to the most appropriately ...

Chinese medicine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
Don't you just love financial market experts? One day they tell you to sell, the next day they ask you to buy - or vice versa. Wall Street et al shook off their convulsion and sprang back to life overnight in response to reports that Chinese medicine ...

Insurance taxes should be slashed: NIBA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
The average household in Victoria pays as much as 50 per cent more in house and contents cover due to government-related insurance taxes, prompting an insurance industry body to call for tax reforms ahead of the bushfire royal commission. The National ...