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Just another ordinary day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
"European Stocks Fall as Metals Slide; Yen Drops on G-20 Meeting" (Bloomberg) "European shares fall for 3rd day, Carlsberg leads market lower" (Reuters) "Metals dip, European shares mixed" (Australian Financial Review) "European Stocks Drop" (Wall Street ...

Temper, temper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... 225, up 7.5%; Shanghai Composite, up 7.2%; All Ords, up 8.4%; even a deeper than expected recession in the Eurozone couldn't stop its benchmark index, the DJ/Euro Stoxx index from climbing 1.3%. The game is changing alright, it's shifting away from defense. ...

Simple diversification better than 'smart beta'

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... whether the difference in growth rates across the entire euro zone can become less extreme, and if smaller countries can stop being so competitive. "The periphery countries are falling behind [in GDP growth] so the level of GDP as a whole is well below ...

Stop using super as political pawn: Narev

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... election. Today shadow assistant treasurer Mathias Cormann entered the fracas by suggesting prime minister Julia Gillard "should stop treating peoples' retirement savings like an ATM to fund her wasteful spending." Narev suggested that this sort of political ...

Insider selling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
The insiders are selling! The insiders are selling! But before this let's switch over to our man on Wall Street. Hold on...our man, Mr. Bloomberg (not New York's Mayor but the "premier site for business and financial market news"), seems confused. At ...

Coalition wants fund governance changes: Fletcher

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... intends to use the award process to have CBUS removed as a default fund for workers covered by the relevant awards. "This would stop the flow of contributions from such workers to CBUS," Fletcher said. CBUS recently won an Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

NAB Asset Servicing awarded new contracts

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... on our continuing business development." Boyd Lees, General Manager Business Development said "Our business offers a one-stop-shop with a single contract backed by one of the world's strongest banks." "We are delighted to partner with Atrium Investment ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... previous QEs... only to be replaced by another later. QE1 was started on 25 November 2008 and ended on 31 March 2010. Time to stop balance sheet expansion, recession is over and inflation is picking up. Markets are up. It was lookin' good baby. Then ...

Non-mining sectors must pick up the growth mantle

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
Australian economists agree that how the country's economy transitions from mining-driven investment to other areas of growth will be the single biggest issue of 2013. Speaking this morning at Financial Standard's annual Chief Economist Forum in Sydney ...

Super funds argue against unfair fee rules

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
Representatives for the superannuation industry have argued against a Federal Government decision that would stop funds capping administration fees under draft reform laws. Speaking before a Parliamentary Joint Committee that is investigating the last ...