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MoneySmart list of unlicensed companies approaches 700

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... highlights the increasing risk scammers pose to ordinary mum and dad investors. "As much as we would like to, ASIC can't stop every scam before it happens, especially those based outside of Australia. What we can do is educate investors and make them ...

It doesn't compute

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... since September" that "we could reduce somewhat the pace of our securities purchases, perhaps as early as this summer" and stop purchases later this year. Plosser: "I don't have strong views on the scale of the tapering off...but if we are serious about ...

Budget gets nod of approval from industry bodies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
Superannuation industry bodies have responded positively to last night's federal budget, generally agreeing that there were no major surprises. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos praised the government ...

Not strong enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... an earlier than expected Fed exit from QE. In a Bloomberg television interview, Pres. Plosser declared that, "I'd like to stop but I would particularly like to see us begin to slow the pace down, gradually ease our way out of this if we possibly can" ...

Social media may not be the best place to advertise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... technology" are being overplayed by what he termed "social media evangelists." "As good as all this technology is, it still didn't stop 2.3 million people from tuning into the MasterChef finale, which was a live TV event," Barton said. "Contrary to what ...

RBA to raise rates in Wayne's world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
Stop right there! Thank you very much. If you still haven't made up your mind which way to bet on which way the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would go on interest rates at 230 PM AEST today, stop! I'll spare you the anguish, the anxiety, the suspense. ...

A lesson against austerity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
Sell in May? No way, Jose! We're now at that time of the year when historical stats show the bulls stop running and the bears have their way. But maybe...not this May. Not if investors keep in mind the current market mantra that 'what is bad is good ...

ASFA warns govt against Super raid

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... people. "The recent announcement by the government of a suite of changes to the system was welcomed by ASFA as it helped stop the panic and injected a degree of certainty and stability back into the superannuation system," ASFA spokesperson said. "We ...

It's the headlines, you twit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... Traders relying on algorithms to buy or sell must have taken a big hit from the flash crash last night. Think of all those stop-loss programmed commands that were triggered because of this, all because computers don't ask why, they just do. I also learnt ...

Industry under-prepared for SuperStream: Bravura

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... superannuation funds (SMSFs). "The recent volume of super reforms has led to funds and administrators implementing seemingly stop-gap solutions to meet compliance obligations, and I question if this is having the right impact and will truly result in ...