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Threat of Lehmannisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
Not as good as it got before. Wall Street ended last week's activity with a performance you wouldn't write home to your mother about. So did equity markets in Europe. But Asian markets were strong. Is decoupling back? Looking at last week's stock market ...

Spin-a-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
Big yawn! Overnight news out of Wall Street provided little fresh direction, just a continuation of the recent trend we have seen so far - that is, anyone could choose any number from last night's stats and spin it both ways. Bull spin. US consumers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks and commodity prices, including gold, copper and oil, gained overnight. At 0719 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was seven points higher at ...

ING battles longevity risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
After more than a year at the helm, ING Australia's chief executive Harry Stout said the group is gearing up to launch a new suite of income and investment products tailored around longevity risks. At a time when most investment houses are hunkering ...

Fully sick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
PAID! Ten big American banks will get this stamp on their TARP loans after the US Treasury approved their repayment of a combined US$68 billion of taxpayers' money. No names were mentioned on which banks are queuing up at the Treasury cashier to pay. ...

Crisis curbs Cuffe charity fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
The Third Link Growth fund, launched last year by former CFS chief executive Chris Cuffe, only attracted $28 million in funds, well below Cuffe's $150 million target and despite the fund's outperformance. One year on, the fund lost more than 13 per ...

Superannuation wins in Cabinet reshuffle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
Superannuation is now, for the first time, included in Federal Cabinet following a major ministerial reshuffle that saw Chris Bowen promoted to Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law and Minister for Human Services. Indicating ...

Go online, get results

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
With 13 million online users in Australia and $24 billion spent on the web last year, it's time to make online technology the heart of your super campaign, says a marketing expert. Mike Hill, director of Holler and speaker at yesterday's Rainmaker Marketing ...

Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards 2009

The best of the best in financial services marketing, sales and business development battled it out in this year's Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards, with the winners announced last night at the Shangri-La hotel in Sydney. This year's event gave ...

Super at the edge of abyss: ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
It's time to buck up as Australian's superannuation industry hovers at the edge of an abyss following the Federal Budget's cuts to super and a preliminary report of the Henry Tax Review, warned a key industry association. Pauline Vamos, chief executive ...