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Meredith Whitney

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
Meredith Whitney is the name, don't wear it out! It took just one woman with gumption to whip Wall Street back in the right direction. US President Obama, displaying his inherent gift of the gab, was ignored. So were US Treasury Timmy Geithner and Ben ...

Dixon criticises Premium buy-back scheme

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... buy-back scheme that will enable the firm to buy 8 per cent of the Premium Investors' fully paid ordinary shares on issue. Tom Collins, chair at Premium Investors, said the firm is committed to managing the company's capital structure. However, Chris ...

No fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
Stop! Take a deep breath. Now count to ten. There is no need to hit the SELL button. Many would have woken up to the bad news on Wall Street this morning. The Dow fell by 2.6 per cent overnight and the S&P closed 2.9 per cent lower. Or for extra effect ...

Dixon action on Premium gains momentum

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... assets, not being reflected in the Premium share price. The board has taken a range of steps to close that discount," said Tom Collins, chair at Premium Investors in a shareholder letter. The note to shareholders showed Premium Investors lost over 16 ...

Nicholas-Applegate closes Australian offices

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
The global downturn takes another victim after US-based fund manager Nicholas-Applegate said it is going to shut down its Australian offices tomorrow, with all client services to be re-directed back to its San Diego headquarters. Susan Hunter, the company's ...

Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards 2009

... Finalists Vasco Stojanoski - MLC Bente Parkinson - netwealth Nathan Bell - BT Financial Group Mark Pilditch - AXA Australia Tom Rogacki - Aon Consulting Rainmaker Business Development Manager of the Year (Investment Management) Winner Vivienne Lee - ...

GS trounces GM

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
'Don't stop me now, I'm having such a good time...' Forgive me but this song from the 1970's English rock band Queen keeps playing in my head. You would be humming the song too if you woke up to Wall Street's 2.6 per cent jump overnight - the day General ...

J.P. Morgan extends protection to retirees

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
Pre-retirees take heart - a global asset manager is looking to implement a new strategy that allows Australian investors to have 80 per cent protection of the highest value of their investments as risk aversion continues to sweep the market. According ...

AFA calls for Rising Star in advice

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is calling for nominations for the 2009 AFA Rising Star of the Year Award, an annual award that goes to the best up-and-coming professional in the advice industry. Richard Klipin, the association's chief executive ...

Seeking equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
No confusion here. Wall Street would not be dragged into reacting to reports that US home building has fallen to its lowest level on record. Just imagine what could have happened had this report reached the headlines six months ago? US equities ended ...