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NAB AS wins Maple-Brown Abbott mandate

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... meet current and future demands were key factors in our decision making process," said Grundy. "Our business offers a one stop shop with a single contract backed by one of the world's strongest banks, and we are delighted to formalise our relationship ...

FOFA misses the mark on investment fraud

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... actions easier to mount after the event has happened," said Townsend. "This is laudable but truly having legislation that would stop it happening again by malicious advisers is not yet a reality. "It is worth remembering that Storm clients had full documentation ...

Research: Australian private banks fall behind

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
Australian private banks have fallen behind the UK in satisfaction levels, according to research from CoreData. A quarterly survey of 1,722 Australians with more than $1 million excluding residence and superannuation found that only 33.1% currently ...

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... life. No siree! For once it leaves, speculations will migrate to the next in line - Ireland? Portugal? Spain? I think, it'll stop at Spain and then the Eurozone will be no more. So that's my base case Virginia. I was in Europe in 1987 studying for my ...

The revival of stock picking

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... the funds we have been getting out of have been getting direct allocations from investors who think they can go to a one stop shop for their equity long/short exposure. We think they're likely to be very disappointed because ultimately they're with generalists ...

ASIC flags guidance on code approval

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... codes that are consistent with the FOFA legislation are out in the marketplace," Kell said. "However, there is nothing to stop potential applicants for an approved code from starting to consider how they can work to make their code consistent with FOFA." ...

Instant replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... Standard & Poor's two-notched downgrade of Spain's credit rating from A to BBB+ with a negative outlook. Methinks, it won't stop there. There'll be another slashing of Spain's rating down the track considering the parlous state of its economy. The country's ...

The Fed, the ECB and the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... it to purchase government bonds from euro area member countries. Back home, calls are growing for our own central bank to stop hinting at a rate cut and just do it to reverse the weakening momentum in the economy. And if Australian Chamber of Commerce ...

ETN fears grow following price plunges

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
Growing use of exotic Exchange Traded Notes is raising fears in the US, following a price crash in a popular ETN that was tracking the VIX index, that the notes are poorly understood. ETNs, as distinct to regular Exchange Traded Funds, are a form of ...

QE going, going ...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... market gains are backed by solid fundamentals, instead of constantly worrying when the green stuff printing machine will stop printing. Still, Wall Street dropped last night. Though some bloggeratis still attach the no QE story on this, it was more likely ...