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Waiting to catch up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013

Fund manager warns of 'Japanification' of Europe

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
Europe may be facing a long period of low nominal growth similar to that experienced by Japan, according to Paul Shanta, senior portfolio manager at sovereign bond specialist Ignis Asset Management. He said Europe would struggle to generate any nominal ...

Tony, SBY and Janet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
Were it not for the Australia-Indonesia spat, financial market activity's turning out just as I feared at the start of this week - dull and boring. What's in a word? Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott refused to say "sorry" (ala Johnnie Howard) only ...

WA govt plans string of infra asset sales

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
The Western Australia (WA) government is planning to sell a number of infrastructure assets, as part of a recycling strategy similar to that employed by the New South Wales government. Addressing an auditorium full of superannuation delegates in Perth ...

Move the goalpost Mark

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
"Drat, drat and triple drat!" -Dick Dastardly (Wacky Races) Sir Mervyn King must be ruing the day that he finished his term as governor of the Bank of England (BOE) only less than five months ago (June). Now it's a non-Briton who'll be given the credit ...

Half of all SMSF assets in retirement phase

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
Around half of $506 billion held in self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) are in retirement assets, according to new research from DEXX&R. According to the research house's report, $296 billion is currently held in the retirement phase, supporting ...

Survivor: the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
"The thing that a lot of people cannot comprehend is that Mother Nature doesn't have a bullet with your name on it, she has millions of bullets inscribed with 'to whom it may concern". (unknown) The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami that wrought deaths and disaster ...

Debt, deficit, now deflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
The Australian market has opened lower following falls in US stocks after the Federal Reserve hinted at when it may start to unwind its stimulus program. While the Fed's $US85 billion-a-month bond-purchase program stays in play for now, predictions ...

Savings trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
The S&P 500 index closed on another record high. Ho-hum. It's been happening almost daily these days, it's no longer news...bo-ring. Reporting another inch up on the previous record high just doesn't cut it no more. How about "U.S. Stocks Rise, S&P ...