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I wish I may, I wish I might

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014

Uh-oh, looks like the Wall Street seesaw has just been whipsawed. Wall Street's action - and their presumed causes -- over the past three days are summed up in Bloomberg's headlines over the past three days: S&P 500 Falls to Nine-Week Low on Global ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014

Raise your hands all ye who thinks that their economy is growing above and beyond potential, that there's no slack in their nations' respective labour markets or that their labour force is not "under-utilised", and that it's time... to normalise interest ...

Perennial Aussie equities fund receives Zenith rating

STAFF WRITER | WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014

... companies and uses equity derivatives and cash to dynamically protect the portfolio through market cycles, reducing the magnitude of significant negative returns as they occur. "The stark reality we all faced during the GFC was that a 50% fall in our ...

US bond market says not yet

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014

... well, they did say that this is only the beginning. The same way "they" said it was when the S&P dropped around the same magnitude this year: January 24 - S&P 500 down by 2.1% because of emerging market "crisis" because of Fed taper and China slowdown. ...

ASX mFunds FUM already ahead of ETFs

ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014

... in FUM. This amount already being equivalent to one half the amount of money held in investment wraps illustrates the magnitude of the strategic challenge this new sector is throwing down to traditionally distributed retail products. According to Rainmaker's ...

Safer sex? Women take less risk than men

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014

... to be the main risk taker in just one in six couples. While this male/female difference is a global phenomenon, its magnitude varies across regions. In Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States, the male/female difference is more or less the ...

This means war (again)

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014

... just about this time last year. On 4 April 2013, I cried wolf... when global equity markets sold off (about the same magnitude the night before). While it turned out that "the US is slowing" scare was just that as I claimed at the time, my crying that ...

SMSFs retarding growth in Australia: Credit Suisse

LAURA MILLAN | WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014

... Suisse estimated that they are committing a further $8 billion a year to this asset class and added that "inflows of this magnitude are enough to soak up a fifth of Australia's net-equity issuance in 2013." The study found that "many companies comply ...

Survivor: the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013

... hit this day....and it'll hit the same region devastated by Yolanda three days before, the same region felled by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake less than a month before. The global growth slowdown, the European sovereign debt crisis, funds outflow prompted ...

BT launches women adviser network group

LAURA MILLAN | TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013

... financial planning businesses of Westpac, St.George, Bank of Melbourne, Bank SA, Securitor, Licensee Select, BT Select and Magnitude.

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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