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Wall Street up till it was down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... slicing about 0.5% from the 2.0% growth forecast it currently has for the US for 2013, "if the cuts are fully implemented". Why let the facts get in the way of a good story, right? And then it happened. Profit takers started taking profits heading into ...

AustralianSuper threatens to sue the Future Fund

STAFF REPORTER  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
AustralianSuper has threatened to sue the Future Fund over its purchase of a stake in Perth airport, the Australian Financial Review has reported. This morning the Australian Financial Review reported that it had obtained a letter, sent on Monday on ...

Fear is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
Wall Street dropped big time overnight. Thank goodness for that. The S&P 500 index closed 1.8% lower last night. This is the biggest daily fall since the 2.4% drop registered on 7/11/2012 - the time when markets were neck-deep with worries. At the time ...

Takeover to drive $8m in savings

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
If a takeover bid for rival The Trust Company is a success, the combined businesses will enjoy $8 million a year in savings, Equity Trustees has told shareholders. Yesterday Equity Trustees said that it would try and buy its competitor The Trust Company. ...

QE paradox in reverse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
Ouch! No, that's not the sound of the equity markets hurting from the sell-off of yesterday. It's yours and truly, kicking myself on the backside for not correctly pinpointing the catalyst to the correction that I've been warning about in recent days. ...

Just another ordinary day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... -- it disappointed earnings expectations...and metals - they slid or dipped, depending on which news agency you follow. But let's put this in perspective. The headline stems from the 0.2% dip in the Euro Stoxx 600 index overnight. Yes, it's just a dip. ...

Don't meddle with super industry bodies warn Govt

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
Several industry bodies have joined the ever growing chorus of sentiment against a federal government making any changes to superannuation likely to negatively impact investors either saving for or currently in retirement. The Self Managed Superannuation ...

Ex-drug dealers now hitting-up SMSFs: ACC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... information to gain a "head start" before ripping off their victims. To the audience of SMSF accountants and advisers, Lacey said: "let me be clear, organised crime is targeting this [the SMSF] sector." The ACC spearheaded a major investigation into ...

Big deal day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... Review penned it eloquently, "...Barack Obama's past State of the Union addresses are littered with unfulfilled ambitions..." Let's give another big yawn to that other 'main event' of last night, the G7 pre-Valentine's Day love-in and the interpretation ...

Victoria Teachers Mutual Bank to launch super fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
Victoria Teachers Mutual Bank will launch a low cost superannuation fund for its 86,000 members, it was announced today. The company, which was voted Australia's best bank in the 2012 Mozo Peoples' Choice Awards, will launch the online super account ...