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Liar, liar, hedge funds on fire

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
Rogue hedge funds will lie, cheat and connive to get investor money, and while the regulators lack muscle to stop them, there are ways for pension funds to quickly spot the next Madoff. Professor Stephen Brown, a top academic who presented at a hearing ...

Yamashita's treasure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... has come a long way from being an unloved asset. In the late 1990s, world central banks were even asked - nay, begged - to stop unloading their gold holdings to prevent the price from collapsing. Central banks at the time deemed gold a non-appreciating ...

Ripoll recommends investor compensation fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
The Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) said the government should investigate launching a "last resort statutory compensation fund" to cover financial advice licensee failings. The committee received a number of submissions from the regulator and Financial ...

Lessons learned from Opes Prime

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
From selling sophisticated products to retail investors to ineffective disclosure, the Ripoll Inquiry has investigated the factors that fuelled the failure of Opes Prime - and outlined what needs to be done to prevent future disasters. One of the biggest ...

Thanks for now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
'Twas another big night on Wall Street as the countdown to Thanksgiving Day begins. And the Fed would have it no other way. But first let's take a look at the hard data. Give thanks for Americans are again buying houses. US existing home sales jumped ...

Planners should be fiduciaries: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
IFSA chief executive John Brogden said financial planners should have fiduciary responsibilities to always act in their clients' best interests, regardless of how they are remunerated. Speaking during a major interview on ABC's Business Lateline last ...

SMSFs not exempt from tough reviews: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
Minister of superannuation Chris Bowen said self-managed super funds will not be exempt from strong government scrutiny - as the government cracks down on the sector's accountability, efficiency and governance issues. Speaking at the ASFA conference ...

Dollar dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... in the initial stages of a recovery. In the end, the recovery would be shot. Foreign investors/governments would lessen (stop?) buying US Treasuries (debt) if they don't want to suffer investment losses. The recovery would be shot. But what's USA Inc. ...

Optimism may not be enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
Flat. This was how Wall Street ended while we were sleeping after climbing non-stop for six straight days. With the investment environment still fluid, investors decided last night to exchange some of their paper profits on equities and commodities ...

Weight in gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... estimates. This was just not enough to soothe nerves rattled by speculation that the kind Uncle Sam and Uncle Benny would stop dishing out the goodies. But what happened when last Friday (their time) the US Commerce Department dropped a bomb on Wall ...