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Almost Per-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... of Chairman Ben for a second four-year term. No surprises here despite the American public's angst at Ben for failing to stop the collapse of Lehman, which led to the financial market rout, which led to the recession, which led to them losing their homes ...

OneVue introduces portfolio blocking

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
Separately managed account provider OneVue has unveilled a new portfolio blocking service to its SMAs to protect the intellectual property of fund managers. Brett Marsh, head of transition strategy at OneVue, said the protection of intellectual property ...

All aboard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... nothing to see there - literally, at zero percent. The Treasuries yacht? No, it is losing buoyancy - what, with the Fed soon to stop its purchases, a heavy debt load and a mammoth amount of freshly minted dollars weighing it down? The property ship? ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... stabilised," Macquarie Private Wealth associate director Lucinda Chan said. "The market has already run hard, but you can't stop the momentum at the moment." On Friday, the US Labor Department said the country's unemployment rate unexpectedly had dipped ...

Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
Watch the screens today! For at exactly 1130 hours (AEST), the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release a tally of how many of us were able to keep our jobs last month, how many were still looking for work and how many started submitting forms to ...

Intra-fund advice relief opens super funds to lawsuits

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... members could resort to litigation if the advice ends up costing them their savings. "The relaxation of the law will not stop the member from suing the fund for any actual or perceived loss using the fund's marketing tool." This execution risk is one ...

Fed brawn, RBA brains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... in green - they beat expectations - and 10 printed in red. Analyse that! "Expectations were probably set too low." Didn't stop the previous days' gains did it? On another note, recall a few month's back I warned about the market adage, "don't fight the ...

Bullish bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
Forty years ago today, what was thought beyond the realms of human possibility became reality. Man landed on the moon. No one also imagined Professor Nouriel Roubini turning into a bull. For as long as I care to remember Professor Nouriel Roubini was ...

No fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
Stop! Take a deep breath. Now count to ten. There is no need to hit the SELL button. Many would have woken up to the bad news on Wall Street this morning. The Dow fell by 2.6 per cent overnight and the S&P closed 2.9 per cent lower. Or for extra effect ...

When ASIC knocks, answer immediately

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... notices can also be complied with by delivering records directly to an ASIC office. "The most significant thing you can do to stop ASIC [visiting] your premises is to respond to the notice," said Sanders. "[ASIC will] identify in that notice how you ...