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A prince, a princess or a frog?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
Arrrgh! This is becoming so ridiculous it's no longer funny or fun. Bob Dylan must be looking at the 2013 financial markets when he wrote the song 'Blowin' in the Wind' in 1962 and asked, "How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?"...or ...

US regulator lifts hedge fund advertising ban

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
The US regulator has lifted a ban, allowing hedge funds to advertise to the general public for the first time in 80 years. The ban was intended to protect unsophisticated investors from high risk, illiquid investment pools. The Securities and Exchange ...

SSgA launches hedged international equities ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has launched an international equities exchange traded fund (ETF) for Australian investors. The SPDR S&P World ex-Australia (Hedged) Fund will be hedged back into Australian dollars and begins trading on 9 July. Since ...

Retirees warned: beware the 'great rotation'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
A global move from bonds to equities could see Australian retirees swimming against the current, according to a new paper by AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). The paper, entitled 'The Great Rotation', analyses the potential for a mass global move from ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
Australian stocks have pulled back sharply as the volatile start to the new financial year continues. The market was more than 1.3 per cent lower in early trade on Wednesday, wiping away some of the $27 billion gains posted in the previous day's session. ...

Coalition opposes TASA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
The Coalition has opposed the changes to the Tax Agents Services Act (TASA) bill on the same day that the Parliamentary Joint Committee is due to present the results of its inquiry to the Parliament. "It is completely inappropriate to release this sort ...

Who will fill the SMSF education gap?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
The expansion of the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) market is posing new challenges in the education of financial advisers, according to Liz Ward, education manager at the SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA). Ward said more and ...

Corporate super specialists ask Treasury for FoFA exemption

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
The Corporate Super Specialists Alliance (CSSA) is in talks with Treasury after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC ) refused to grant a no-action letter to corporate super specialists. The CSSA made the request for a no-action ...

More flip flopping ahead for Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
"Star light, star bright, The first star I see tonight; I wish I may, I wish I might, Have the wish I wish tonight." Many children around the world are undoubtedly learning this nursery rhyme at this very point in time. Either this or they're singing ...

Markets poised on knife-edge: Standard Life Investments

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
After the recent rally in prices, global equity markets are poised on a knife-edge and need signs of further fundamental or monetary support if the performance is to continue, according to Standard Life Investments head of global strategy Andrew Milligan. ...