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QE forever and ever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
"Dead cat bounce" andA "Catch a falling knife." These phrases have crept back into financial market vernacular lately. We read and hear about these phrases mostly during phases when the financial markets are in a state of flux and/or heightened volatility ...

FEATURE: Big data and financial services

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
It has changed the way friends interact with each other, the way people think and express themselves and, above everything, it has changed the way people buy. Consumers want to be able to buy anything, at any time, through any device. Companies in all ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
What do you do when you reach a peak? You take a breather, enjoy the view and smile (or LOL) at all the naysayers who bet, 'nay, you'll never make it'. That's exactly what Wall Street did overnight. The S&P 500 index hardly budged - up 0.01% -- to close ...

FSC annual conference 2014 - Day 1 newsletter

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
Want to catch up on all the news from Day 1 of the 2014 FSC annual conference? Check out Financial Standard's conference newsletter. Highlights from Day 1 include FSC chairman Greg Cooper's opening address and a keynote presentation from ASIC deputy ...

Dying in social media: adviser's next big nightmare

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
Clients' presence on several social media platforms, with multiple accounts and passwords, is set to become a nightmare for financial advisers specialising in estate planning, as they will be forced to deal with the person's digital footprint after ...

UK on the go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
"...somewhere in my youth, or childhood, I must have done something good." In his alone times, it wouldn't be surprising to catch imported Bank of England (BOE) Governor Mark Carney humming this tune from "The Sound of Music" to himself (perhaps at ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is trading lower, with a mixed performance on United States markets weighing on investor sentiment. CMC chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said enthusiasm on the local bourse was fading, including from institutional ...

Bubbling bubble?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
With one more trading day left to go, seems like Q1 would end... nowhere. There were some fresh data out of the US overnight but they provided nada direction for Wall Street. The third estimate of US real GDP growth was revised higher from an annual ...

AFA finds FoFA debate "surprising"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has expressed disappointment at the freeze of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) amendment regulations and finds it surprising that such "sensible and pragmatic amendments" have generated controversy among ...

Silk questions value of financial services intermediaries

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk has questioned the value of financial services intermediaries such as advisers, mortgage brokers and superannuation trustees. Silk spoke yesterday at a panel session on "the over-intermediation of financial services" ...