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Those tight Aussies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
Could it be? Not long after US President Obama has departed this land that's girt by sea, Americans are now picking on Australians for their woes. Blaming it on our "recessionary mindset" and our "despondent consumer confidence". According to theage.com.au ...

SSgA: Minimise volatilty to protect vulnerable investors

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
State Street Global Advisers is urging super and multi-manager funds to consider minimising volatility strategies in their domestic equity portfolios, as events on the world stage continue to spook equity markets. "While equities are likely to present ...

Private sectors eyes NSW infrastructure deal

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
News of the NSW Government's plans to privatise the state's power generators follows on predictions that cash-strapped governments around the world may soon begin selling off infrastructure assets to the private sector. NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell announced ...

Nothing new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
It's Thanksgiving Day in the USA. This means it's a trading holiday in the USA. This means that us, in the Asian time zone, would have to do make do without a GPS today. This means that we'll be running around like headless turkeys. And it doesn't help ...

Dead calm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
This morning I woke up to Reuter's headline screaming, "Stocks slide on weak US growth data" and Bloomberg's "European Stocks Drop as Euro Area Borrowing Costs Rise; Commerzbank Slumps". What could have scared the equities markets off again this time ...

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
My mother once - yes, only once - told me that if you go out looking for trouble, you're gonna find one. That's exactly what happened in the financial markets while we were sleeping. Not content with the troubles plaguing Europa, investors looked to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
The Australian dollar has fallen to its lowest level in six weeks as ongoing debt problems in the US and Europe dampen risk sentiment on global markets. HiFX senior trader Stuart Ive said a raft of negative headlines last night pushed world financial ...

FOFA will pass: Shorten, FPA

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten and the FPA agree that the FOFA reforms will pass through parliament, with the Minister urging planners to embrace change as a necessary survival tool for the betterment of the industry. ...

Europe push-US pull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
Obama in Australia may be providing us, Australians, a bit of a sideshow but for global financial markets, the game hasn't changed. It continues to be one that could be characterised as Europe pushed-US pulled. Europe pushed. Fears of a debt contagion ...

Mercer highlights allocation dangers

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
Investors should stick with long-term asset allocation strategies to handle volatility despite dangers in overweighting or underweighting asset allocations, according to Mercer's Quarterly Market Valuation and Review. The Review discussed the impacts ...