Financial View

AMASSURANCE launched an interactive online game called It’s My Life on its website to educate the public, especially the young, to practice prudent financial planning and to be prepared for any unexpected events in life recently.

The Australian financial planning industry is leading the world in education standards, according to Financial Planning Standards Board chief executive Noel Maye.

Deutsche Asset Management has sold its financial planning resource service Desk Caddie to Strategy Steps.

ICB Financial

March 1 — National Australia Bank Ltd. shareholders should not expect short-term financial gains while the bank pursues its strategy of joining its business banking unit with wealth management services, the Australian Financial Review said, citing Chief Executive Officer Cameron Clyne.

Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd. , a leading company in artist development, music production and wireless music distribution and other wireless value-added services in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.

Financial Services is fraught with conflicts of interest, says Robert Keavney. But the regulatory focus on these problems means that financial planning has a bright future.

As fate would have it, Greenwich gets hit by a blizzard less than 24 hours after budget officials make the controversial recommendation to slash funds for the town’s emergency management coordinator post.

The Ann Arbor Planning and Development Services Unit has been restructured with Wendy Rampson taking the helm.

Financial stress for small business owners abounds: mental exhaustion that comes when completing a lengthy bank loan application; uncertainty that rises from discussing outside investors; and anxiety that goes hand-in-hand with asking a friend and business partner to pony up more dough to get the business started.