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Ben calls on JMK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
Jumpy! This is the word that came to mind when I was watching last night's trading action in the financial markets. Is it only me or has anybody else noticed that the "bounce around" in share prices have been shortening lately? It used to be a matter ...

Some hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... be due to "technical factors". "It's a seasonal factor that leads to a big drop of the seasonally adjusted value." Never mind, the less volatile four-week moving average still shows hopeful signs. It fell by 5,250 to 417,000. Overall, a hopeful end to ...

Promises and plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... Ok, stop giggling now, we all know what the former US President was trying to say. This 'Bushism' - one of many - came to mind as I watched the financial markets' positive reaction to the, well, talks on gossips on rumours that there is now a plan to ...

Legal threats loom over poor SMSF advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... lawyer's next motor vehicle accident in claims - because the number of people involved in super and doing certain things is mind boggling." Batten further stated that too many advisers implement recommendations they learn from SMSF seminars, such as ...

Damned to default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... the downgrade trigger with French banks and their exposure to Greek sovereign debt in its sights. There's no question in my mind that Greece will default unless of course, the ECB, EU and the IMF showers it with more money and/or holders of Greek bonds ...

Local instos eye US equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
Super funds and institutional investors have been warned not to underestimate US equities, with the share market pipped to return to former strength by MFS Investment Management's chief investment strategist. Despite the US government debt crisis, US ...

Mandiri open for Australian insto business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
Investors looking to Asian opportunities invariably focus almost exclusively on China but Indonesian investment managers are making a case that their country is in an early phase of the economic development cycle and represents opportunities just as ...

Short-termism crippling wealth management

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
The economic costs of short-termism by the wealth management industry is hindering financial performance and resulting in significant losses to equity holders, according to boutique Australian Equity fund manager, Hyperion. Short-termism, as discussed ...

Super funds mindshift imperative

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
The strength of the superannuation industry will come down to a mindshift of super funds, something that is already underway according to financial services software group, IQ Business Group. Super funds have reportedly begun moving towards a member-centric ...

Willing America into a dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
Are we there yet? This question seems to be in everyone's mind at the moment. There here means an American recession and perhaps a European one. I must admit that despite checking up on the indicators that the US National Bureau of Economic Research ...