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Bonds buoyant as Asia's population ages
Jiyeun Lee The greying population will be looking to preserve and maintain their wealth.
'All in' or 'all out' not a smart strategy for market, or future
Marcus Padley It is unrealistic to be looking for a moment in time when you go 'All in' or 'All out'.
Bourse ends week on a low after weaker profit reports
Gareth Hutchens The sharemarket lost ground this week despite hints of progress on the long-awaited austerity agreement in Greece, after ''disappointing'' profit results from the big miners, and as the Reserve Bank...
'Grumpy' investors take stocks lower
Gareth Hutchens Unspectacular profit results from big miners dragged the sharemarket lower yesterday.
Europe to save banks and let Greece slide
Floyd Norris If the euro zone opts for an escrow bailout, it will force Athens to pay its debts.
Like Dr Who, banks will be back with a new look
Adele Ferguson and Eric Johnston The troubles at RBS and the downsizing of the once dominant Macquarie are symptomatic of a trend in investment banking globally. But the real bloodletting is still to come.
Mitsubishi UFJ buys AMP Capital stake
AMP Capital says on Friday Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation will buy a 15 per cent stake in AMP for $425 million to form a strategic alliance.
S&P angers Europeans
Euro-zone leaders insist that rescue plans for the single currency are on track.
S&P denies favouring investment bank
Elisabeth Sexton THE credit rating agency Standard & Poor's was ''absolutely not'' trying to deliver a rating acceptable to the investment bank that was paying for it in 2006, the Federal Court heard yesterday.
Planners bolster AMP
Stuart Washington Australia's largest financial planning network would continue to contribute strong funds growth to AMP despite sweeping changes to planners' business models, AMP chief executive Craig Dunn said...
AMP reports rising outflows after client loss
AMP reported net cash outflows were $335 million at AMP Financial Services for the quarter to September after the wealth manager lost a major client.
Battered AMP shows signs of a turn upwards
Rod Myer In the early 2003 AMP hit $3.14, then climbed back to a pre-global financial crisis high of just over $11.
S&P defends its shock US credit decision
Nelson Schwartz, Eric Dash The day after Standard & Poor's took the unprecedented step of stripping the United States government of its top credit rating, the ratings agency offered a full-throated defence of its decision.
AMP says merger costs to be $30m
AMP says transaction costs of its merger with AXA APH will total $30 million in the first half of calendar 2011.
A beef about beef: R&D lost in a dust storm
Stuart Washington Athol Economou has been stirring up a world of pain for the industry group tasked with marketing and researching Australia's meat industry, Meat and Livestock Australia.
S&P wary of Qantas losses and grand designs
Matt O'sullivan QANTAS has been put on notice that high jet fuel prices and tougher competition on international routes are threatening its creditworthiness.
AMP sees shares 'very cheap'
Michael Pascoe One of Australia’s biggest investors is now calling our sharemarket 'very cheap' and expects a recovery into the end of the year.
Commodity prices 'unsustainable' - S&P
Clancy Yeates CHINA's appetite for raw materials may have inflated an ''unsustainable bubble'' that could result in commodity prices plunging, Standard & Poor's says.
Old is new at refashioned AMP Square
Philip Hopkins ''IT'S a significant Melbourne island site. People in the CBD know it - the red, pre-cast brutalist building that's AMP Square,'' said Andrew Norbury, chief executive of architecture firm Metier3.
AMP to fight Gillard's backlash against insurance commissions
Eric Johnston AMP will oppose the Gillard government's efforts to stamp out commissions linked to life insurance sold in super funds, describing the plan as ineffective policy.
