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Debt: The Devil's delight - Platinum Asset Management Banks used to be simple entities; paying for deposits, adding a margin, and lending out against security. One of the early changes to the overall industry occurred in the 1960s when, in broad terms, the US became a nation of spenders rather than savers.
Peeling the onion - Platinum Asset Management It cannot be much fun sitting in the audience as the high priests of finance attempt their sorcerous acts to cause the overburden of debt to disappear. The habitual manipulation of the yield curve (with the Fed dropping the cost of short-term money and facilitating a widening of bank spreads) has encouraged borrowers in the Anglo Saxon world (and its imitators) to become careless about the dangers of excessive debt.
The Aon KiwiSaver survey - Aon New Zealand Limited, Consultants And Actuaries Aon NZ Ltd contacted all registered KiwiSaver providers and believe they have put together the most comprehensive KiwiSaver Survey currently in the marketplace. They could not include every KiwiSaver fund as some providers did not want their returns included in a survey.
Approved Institutions Deposit Guarantee Scheme The list of institutions that are participating in the Crown retail deposit guarantee scheme and that have signed Crown deeds of guarantee or Crown deeds of nomination (as at 11/11/08).
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