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ECB to QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
he "Rape of Europa" continues. Investors are circling around like vultures around Portugal and Spain perhaps until the whole of Europe burns. Oh yes, Virginia, there's a niggling feeling that ultimately Europa will be raped and this would cause untold ...

Confidence will return to Ireland: Govt

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
The Irish Government's four-year financial recovery plan is designed to restore confidence and create more jobs, according to the minister for enterprise, trade and innovation, Batt O'Keeffe. The plan underpins the work of the job creation and research ...

Insurers slow to custom fit products: research

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
From fast problem resolutions to creating products that fit consumers' distinctive needs, some insurers are still largely ill-prepared to fulfill their customers' wants, research shows. Consulting firm Accenture sampled over 3,500 consumers in six countries ...

AMP, AXA sign merger transaction agreements

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
The AMP- AXA tie up has edged closer to completion with the three main parties (AMP, AXA APH and AXA SA) signing binding merger transaction agreements today. The transaction documents set out the key commercial terms to allow the merger of AMP and AXA ...

FPA defends turf, looks to HNW

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
While the Financial Planning Association (FPA) was embracing change and moving forward with a new strategic direction at its annual conference last week, it was still keen to argue the case for planners in some of the industry's most sensitive debates. ...

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 ...

Direct share investing gather momentum

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
If the FPA's desire for financial planning to be viewed as a profession and not just an industry is to be realised, a greater appreciation of investing in good old fashioned stocks might be a good place to start. And advisers have the perfect opportunity ...

Opt in rules not up for debate

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
The hung parliament is all that stands in the way of controversial "opt in" requirements being adopted, if comments from a senior Treasury department official are anything to go by. Speaking at the FPA conference on the Gold Coast, Dr Richard Sandlant ...

Me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
Uncle Sam and his citizens celebrate the day of thanks today. They have much to be thankful for -- they have had bountiful harvest, there's US$600 billion of it coming their way. But not only that, their economy has come back to life after the mid-year ...

AMP Flexible Super records $1bn in FUM

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
AMP plans to broaden the consumer appeal of its low-cost Flexible Super product next year, after the new offering reached the $1 billion in funds under management mark within six months. Andrew Hobern, the newly-appointed director of business performance ...