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Zurich launches adviser iPad app

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
Advisers will now be able to access Zurich's insurance offerings through an iPad app launched today as the group continues to develop its fully formed insurance offering. The iRisk Adviser App allows advisers to conduct on-the-spot insurance needs analyses ...

Hastings appoints new chief executive

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
Hastings Funds Management, owned by Westpac, has appointed Andrew Day as its new chief executive. Day will begin his role with Hastings on 17 October 2011 and is an experienced chief executive with a domestic and international track record. He was until ...

Damned to default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
Seen on Bloomberg this morning: "Greece Default Risk Jumps to 98%" (over the next five years). Duh! I don't know what financial markets have been smoking but as far I'm concerned Greek's been cactus ever since it's debt-to-GDP ratio hit 140% and real ...

You can't handle the truth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
Stressed out with debts and the financial markets? Better pop some more pills into your system - more is in store. If it's too good to be true, it's usually a stretch. There was good news - fantabolous news --out of debt-drowning Europe after the close ...

Hillross acquires $2.2 billion planning group

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
AMP affiliated planning group Hillross Financial Services has agreed to acquire IRIS Financial Group, winning a competitive process that attracted eight first round offers and saw four parties conduct due diligence. Hillross will provide licensee services ...

Pigs may fly but they won't default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
Rejoice! For the Greek Parliament has passed the government's fiscal austerity measures! Wall Street was happy - the S&P 500 index gained 0.8 per cent on the news - but Europe was euphoric - the Euro Stoxx 50 index jumped 1.9 per cent and the FTSE-100 ...

It's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
Houston, it seems we've lost May. With two trading days to go this month - one for Wall Street because of the Memorial Day holiday in the US - "sell in May then go away" is in the bag - unless of course, there's a sudden whiff of euphoria, or perhaps ...

Fed money drives black swans away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
Have money, will travel. The succession of black swan sightings over the past three months have thus far failed to keep financial market optimism down. Equity markets are up, commodity markets are up and so are commodity currencies. Have you seen the ...

One voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
ust as recent indicators point to a brightening outlook for the US economy, the haze appears to also be slowly dissipating in Europe. "Movin' on up, movin' on up. Movin' on up, movin on up." This tune by M People played in my head as I read Bloomberg's ...

Year of the Bunny

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
Christian Szell: Is it safe?... Is it safe? Babe: You're talking to me? Christian Szell: Is it safe? Babe: Is what safe? Christian Szell: Is it safe? Babe: I don't know what you mean. I can't tell you something's safe or not, unless I know specifically ...