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AXA Gorilla to retire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
The financial quarter of the social media sphere is to lose one its most endearing characters with the announcement that AXA Equitable's gorilla is following his own advice and is about to retire. "The 800lb gorilla has spent a lifetime 'in the room,' ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
SYDNEY, Nov 16 AAP - The Australian dollar was slightly higher as the increased cost of borrowing for European governments weighed on market sentiment. At 0700 AEDT on Wednesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 101.93 US cents, up from 101.81 cents ...

Regulators chase social media

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
The global investment world's use of social media has outpaced the regulators with a new research paper detailing the current state of this market and the required actions from advisers, dealer groups and investment managers to successfully navigate ...

Autumn Angst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
OMG! We're really in trouble now, Italian-sized big trouble. Italy - the economy that's considered too big to bail - looks like it's gonna need one as the yield on its 10-year government bonds surged past the 7% bailout mark. Italian 10-year bonds rose ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
The Australian share market was set to notch up its biggest one-day rise in four weeks at noon amid hopes that a looming confidence vote in Greece will start the country's economic recovery. Global markets also rallied on news of an interest cut by ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher, after Wall Street and most of the European major markets moved more than 1.5 per cent higher on Greece's indication it would not hold a debt bailout package referendum. At 0825 AEDT on Friday ...

Machines of loving grace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
The Fed has spoken and financial markets thought they liked what they heard. To be sure, to be sure, the 1.5% rebound on Wall Street overnight - and an almost equivalent bounce in Europe - is as welcome as welcome could be. Anything that could break ...

Uncertainty here we come (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
OMG! What in the effing world was he thinking? Just when we thought Europe was moving forward in the right direction, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou had to open his mouth and announce a "referendum" on whether or not his people would accept ...

Wealthy prefer online shopping

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
New research into online shopping shows that men not women are driving the charge, that wealthy people do it more often and that the 'touch and feel' factor is no big deal. Real estate group CBRE surveyed 10,000 people across 10 European countries and ...

NGS Super launches social media strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
NGS Super has joined the social media rush, launching an integrated social media strategy across a number of platforms including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Using this range of social media channels, NGS Super has released a new digital communication ...