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Who can dig a deeper hole?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
Borrowers rejoice! Imagine how good it would be to have banks and other lending institutions pay you, I and Irene to take their money for whatever purpose we want to use them for - a facelift, a tummy tuck, education, holidays, a new car, another mortgage ...

HLB Mann Judd launches estate planning

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
Superannuation funds have been ramping financial advice services but they are not likely to enter the underdeveloped estate planning market in the near future. This is the view of advisory firm HLB Mann Judd Sydney which recently began its own estate ...

The Fed's done it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
Dear oh dear, the opening lines I intended to scribble on this momentous day have all been taken. "We have lift off". The Sydney Morning Herald already had first dibs. "The Fed Awakens". Not a chance, The Economist magazine got in first. "End of an ...

Life insurers must address group risk schemes: APRA

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... problematic and incurred a loss for the year. Rainmaker Information said the general consensus from APRA for these losses included loose underwriting in group risk schemes through default cover approaches, automatic acceptance of increases in cover ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015

86 billion Euros are in the mail, just

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
It's a deal! Well, er, not quite. He huffed and he puffed and he beat his chest. In the end, Greek PM Tsipras got his cake... on his face! Tsipras urged the Greeks to do what he say -- vote "Oxi" to the reforms for bail out conditions proposed by its ...

Investors pretending there's value in the market

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... discipline to spot when there's little opportunity," he continued. "To borrow a cricketing term, you have to wait for the loose ball. You don't have to hit every ball." The JOHCM Global Opportunity Fund is about to pass its three-year anniversary next ...

Buy-back boom driven by loose Fed policy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
The record $133 billion in buybacks for S&P companies announced in April are an economic distortion resulting from years of accommodative monetary policy and could be costing shareholders long-term performance, according to BlackRock's US-based chief ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... per cent, or 23.71 points, at 20,437.48 helped by a weaker yen, hopes for corporate earnings and the Bank of Japan's ultra-loose monetary policy. WELLINGTON - General insurer Tower has led the New Zealand share market's benchmark index higher after lifting ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... is nice, but tomorrow's the real test." The new S&P 500 record reflected the continued resilience of US stocks thanks to loose monetary policy and in spite of lacklustre US data, such as Wednesday's report showing flat retail sales in April. Apple, the ...