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Fear me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... geo-political tensions boil, geo-political... Financial markets continue to seesaw on this, just like they did with QE (I, II and III) on/QE (I, II and III) off and taper on/taper off and... shortly before the flaring up of geo-political tensions, Fed ...

Unmet SMSF advice needs a boon for advisers

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... last year with 41% using one in the last 12 months, according to the report. While Investment Trends senior analyst Recep III Peker said that this could be tied into the performance of the stock market, the research has shown that advisers' technical ...

LaSalle divests Sydney Sofitel Wentworth

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... corporate clients, both for accommodation and meetings needs." The property was held in the LaSalle Asia Opportunity Fund III. "The divestment of Sofitel Wentworth comes at a time when hotels in Sydney boast some of the most attractive market fundamentals ...

Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... oh why Wall Street stumbled big time (well, relatively) overnight. It slipped on oil. Tweet, tweet. It's because Gulf War III, here we come... maybe. You, I and Irene know so very well what happens to the price of oil each time trouble percolates in ...

150,000 candidates cramming for CFA exams

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
Almost 150,000 candidates from 179 countries are gearing up to sit six hours of examinations for their Level I, II and III CFA qualifications on Saturday. The number of exam registrations for this year's December 2013 to June 2014 exam cycle exceeds ...

Moving on up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... ratings upgrade means cheaper interest rates on Philippine government borrowings and thereby, aid President Benigno Aquino III's efforts toward achieving its growth target of 7.5% this year. However, I'm concerned that all these positive developments ...

APRA gets Basel III tick

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has graded Australia's capital regulation framework as 'Compliant' with the Basel III standards. Australia's is the eighth regulatory framework to be graded by the Basel Committee. Others include the United ...

High risk investors lose appetite for risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... the chance of capital loss is non-existent." However he warned: "Banks' love affair with cash may soon be over, as the Basel III framework moves into operation next January. As part of this, banks will likely start offering interest rates for tier-one ...

Hedge fund maestro Hintze voices concern over regulation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... investment industry has had to adapt to sweeping policy interventions in the wake of the GFC such as Dodd Frank in the US and Basel III globally. "Normally we say 'don't waste a good crisis' but every regulator around the world is beating their chest," ...

Cash Converters to raise $60m through bond issue

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... ASX-listed. Paton told Financial Standard that FIIG has more than 30 similar transactions in the pipeline. He said that, with Basell III requirements making it more difficult for banks to lend to businesses, the issuing of corporate bonds will become ...