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Mickey money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
Walt Disney lives up to its reputation - that of cheering up depression. But is Wall Street now playing with Mickey Mouse Money? Walt Disney, with a little help from its friends - JC Penney and Abercrombie & Fitch Co -brightened Wall Street's sombre ...

AXA planners may not need to rebrand: AMP

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
AXA Australia's financial planning network may not have to rebrand under the AMP name, except for the financial planning network bearing the French-based group's name, if the merger proposal is successful, according to Craig Dunn, chief executive at ...

Weight in gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
There's a new twist in the tale of what we thought to be the ended saga of the GFC. The US equity market's - and by extension most other stock market's - performance over the past few weeks perfectly underscored what I've been trying to convey in my ...

HOSTPLUS scoops top marketing exec

RUTH LIEW AND MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... you need," he said. Lally said an effective marketing strategy is an integral part of any industry fund. "It's important to bear in mind that industry funds are effectively marketing organisations while retail is very much a sales organisation. We have ...

Centro execs to face tough penalties

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
The regulator has launched proceedings against the chair, chief executive, chief financial officer and five other directors of entities within Centro Properties Group and Centro Retail Group for misleading accounting practices. The action includes Brian ...

Too big to fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
... psychos (psychoanalysts) this is scary stuff. For this could determine whether the bears get bulled or the bulls crushed in a bear hug. According to chartists, sell if the break of the 10,000 resistance level fails. Or, expect more gains if the break ...

Investors back structured prod investments

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... product to add to the suite. "We're bringing out a Link version which is an absolute return structure that can perform in bull, bear and flat markets," he said. "A lot of financial planners are saying they can only make good money during bull markets ...

On A$ parity and dashed whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
Here we go, here we go, here we go. If everything continues to go the way it's going, the Australian dollar could very soon be trading one for one against the big one. My Bloomberg screen currently has the A$ fetching US$0.9208 -- it went as high as ...

Carpe Diem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
Dow 10,000! So now...tell me...how do you put a negative spin on that? Not when Annie's tomorrow becomes today. "The sun'll come out Tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow There'll be sun!" Tomorrow's taken a year to come, but it has come. The ...

ING to guarantee money for life

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
... last year's market crisis was also a tough lesson learnt for investors whose retirement plans weren't designed for severe bear markets. "In a simplistic way, this product deals with the three C's: certainty (income for life), control (access to account ...