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Can't hear you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... companies beat already raised earnings expectations and by an average of 15.6 per cent in the first quarter. That didn't stop Wall Street dropping over the past few weeks, did it? The overriding question might be decided by causality. Which causes what? ...

Merged planning groups plot Snowball effect

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... with both of us, we had a coffee and bob's your uncle, here we are," said McDonald. The acquisition trail is unlikely to stop here with both firms eager to welcome fresh talent on board at the earliest opportunity, with many advisers looking to build ...

Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Brace yourselves people for this would be a longer-than-usual piece. Get that Monday-itis off your systems. There's work to be done, money to be made! During my weekend reading, I came across an article by a fellow named Danny Furman. His resume says ...

FPA urge Treasury to revise legis

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... accept any products and there are some efficiency dividends for the sake of the industry for independent dealer groups and to stop dealer groups becoming product providers or manufactures, that they should remain." The Financial Planning Association's ...

Advisers aim for independents over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... that is Tony Windsor, Rob Oakeshott, Andrew Wilkie or Adam Bandt," he said. "If one of them votes with us we will be able to stop bad legislation from getting through the Parliament." Senator Cormann told the audience of financial advisers and insurance ...

Avoca patient on industrials evolution

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... things like interest rates and consumer spending normalise and if conditions are bad for the next three years, it doesn't stop us investing in a sector if we see value there," said Campbell. The former UBS managers said the risk return profile of industrials ...

No minute message in FOMC minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... actions they're going to take in acting towards normalising money policy settings. Following the end of QE2 next month, they'll stop reinvesting principal payments from agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities and return to holding "essentially ...

Investor revolt threatens 30 fund managers

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... by number and by value of our fund are supportive of us." Earlier this month, the investor group also appealed to ASIC to stop a planned capital raising by the fund.

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... now many of its production facilities have been inoperable in the aftermath of the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear crisis. Next stop Europe. Ahh, where would our bad news tour be without dropping by Greece. The one that started it all for the Eurozone. Speculation ...

Unitholders ask ASIC/NSX to ban cap raising

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
Premium Income Fund unitholders have requested regulatory bodies stop a planned capital raising, deeming the raising as 'unfair' to all unitholders. In a letter to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and National Stock Exchange ...