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Bear killer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... And to roundup our fear list, last night's S&P 500 closing level of 1099.23 points marked the breakdown of the 1100 technical support. To underscore its significance, MarketWatch quotes Mark Arbeter, chief technical strategist at S&P Capital IQ, saying ...

Some hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... too much into this volatile weekly data, especially this recent one where a US Labor official warned could be due to "technical factors". "It's a seasonal factor that leads to a big drop of the seasonally adjusted value." Never mind, the less volatile ...

Soft dollar ban impact potential

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... their dealer group in the last year, and where they had, this had typically been around professional development or technical/compliance services. Although the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms have an answer for that with professional development ...

Carbon Tax bill to result in pension income rise

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... 55 and 59 are set to receive a tax-free income boost if Carbon Tax relief measures are implemented, according to MLC Technical Services. Pension investors of that age would be able to receive an extra $1500 in taxable pension income, without paying any ...

Legal threats loom over poor SMSF advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... fully equipped to do so, said Christopher Batten, director at Macquarie Group Services. Speaking yesterday at the FS Technical Services Forum, a gathering of technical services managers and specialists, Batten warned that many advisers were not familiar ...

SMSFs given leeway on property assets

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... could be acquired and the number of borrowing arrangements that needed to be in place," said Peter Burgess, national technical director, SPAA. "This made it very difficult for SMSF trustees and advisers to use the limited recourse borrowing arrangement ...

Sunsuper renews Mercer mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... Notable appointments to the team announced today include van Eyk's former head of technology, Andrew Liddell, as head of technical products and services, Paddy Brown who joined from UK BlackRock as senior researcher for Mercer's global real estate boutique ...

Macq appoints new COIN head

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... and the creation of platforms and adviser offerings in Macquarie Adviser Services. "Kirk Pitman has a high level of technical knowledge and a sound understanding of Macquarie clients and I am certain he will be able to take COIN to the next level and ...

iShares appoints new director

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... director, supporting the distribution of iShares exchange traded funds (ETFs). Howie will assist with the development of technical and product-specific content and management of iShares broker/dealer relationships. Joining BlackRock from Macquarie Bank ...

Not looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... by the day. The signs are all around us - macro-economic fundamentals are deteriorating, systemic risk is growing and technical indicators of risk assets are breaking down. I'd like to able to conjure some positive tidings out of these negatives - there ...