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Buying op

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... US$140-150 oil would plunge the globe into another recession, demand would contract and push prices down, not up to US$300, let alone US$378. And what do you know! I hit painters! Crude oil prices has pulled back after reaching a high of only US$112.79 ...

Swan officially rejects ASX deal but is open to offers

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... junior partner to smaller regional exchange through this deal would risk us losing many of our financial sector jobs. "So let's be clear, this is not a merger, it's a takeover that would see Australia's financial sector become a subsidiary to a competitor ...

Guardian FP eyes risk advisers

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... group has already had a strong response from the adviser community but it now wants to expand its search. "Now we want to let the wider adviser community know that we are open for business." "We are letting the market know what we are looking for, which ...

Super mergers drive new trends in asset consulting

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
Rising M&A activity in superannuation is forcing asset consultants to lift their game or risk being edged out by their rivals - and the leading players are future-proofing their business through bigger investment teams and sharpened investment models. ...

Commodities rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... economies, led by China. One of these events alone is enough for investors to question the outlook for global economic growth, let alone all coming in all at once. But commodity investors remain unnerved. The commodity price uptrend remains intact. Since ...

A decade on, Frontier turns new leaf

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
From an $18 billion asset consultancy in 2000 to the $100 billion behemoth today, Frontier Investment Consulting is all grown up - and it is finding new ways to deliver more value to its clients. This week Frontier's managing director Fiona Trafford-Walker ...

RockStar charity raises $120k

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
The Financial Industry Community Aid Programme (FICAP) staged its fifth successful fundraising event 'Who Wants To Be A RockStar?' last night, raising more than $120,000 for charity. Over 400 wealth management professionals gathered at the Loft in Sydney ...

Oil outlook flips on economy flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... North Africa. Equity markets fell as oil prices declined despite crude looking like it won't hold above US$100 after all, let alone US$300. It's been flipped on its back. Higher oil prices no longer threatens the global economy, it is the slowing economy ...

Plum time for corporate super outsourcing

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... headline gets closer. "Right now and over the last quarter, there has been a dramatic increase in activity and its not going to let up between now and 30 June, although a lot of funds would benefit from an extension of the deadline although whether this ...

Oil at US$300

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... US$140-150 oil would plunge the globe into another recession, demand would contract and push prices down, not up to US$300, let alone US$378. And this is apart from the fact that other sources of energy - solar, wind, water, bio, geothermal, nuclear ...