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Let's talk about VIX baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
Yeah baby, let's! Seen the CBOE VIX index lately? Yes, that one - the one financial markets look at the gauge the level of investors' fear. It was pegged at 11.36 at the close of last week's activity - the lowest since the ides (15th) of March 2013. ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

BOE qualifies for World Cup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... the BOE? Yes it could! By most indications, the Bank of England (BOE) should have been lifting interest rates... yesterday. Let us count the ways... Economic growth is accelerating. Real GDP expanded by 3.1% in the year to the March quarter from 2.7% ...

Masseurs Tony and Joey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... and Joey - they're good masseurs. They endured being branded Pinocchios as "tough Budget speculations" got feverish - they let 'em run and even added to it but in the end... they applied Tom Peters' advice - that is, to "underpromise and overdeliver" ...

Prime Super will not appoint HIP directors to board

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014

Super needs a radical new solution to longevity: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... John Howard's day, he reduced the tapers or the withdrawal rates on the pension, so he halved what I had; in other words, he let people keep more pension in the face of more private income," Keating said.

The Infrastructure Fund looking to add to Port of Newcastle purchase

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
Australian industry super investment vehicle The Infrastructure Fund (TIF) is on the hunt for more quality infrastructure assets following its purchase of the long-term lease of the Port of Newcastle, the world's largest coal export port. Last week ...

NAB and FSC tight-lipped on Hockey meetings

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... the following statement: "Accusations made in Fairfax Media today are both offensive and repugnant. The Treasurer will not let this distract him from the important task of putting the Budget together. As the matter is now in the hands of lawyers no further ...

Custodians fight hard for big super deals

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... for strategic long-term deals. One method of doing this is by offering so-called 'fee holidays', whereby a custodian will let a super fund off all or a portion of custody fees for a period of time. Financial Standard understands that State Street, J.P. ...

ECB to stay in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... given the dampening impact of a strong currency on growth and inflation. Again... then again, the ECB might be content to let the Fed the heavy lifting - tapering, after all, puts upward pressure on the US dollar.