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Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Dive! Dive! Dive! You've heard the news - our very own currency is top of the pops no more, it's made one hell of celebrity splash over the past week as it fell below parity against the big dollar and continued to head down ...

Research reveals gender gap in share appetite

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... than their male counterparts, according to the latest findings of the CFSGAM-UWA Business School Equity Preference Index (EPI). The research, conducted jointly between Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) and the University of Western ...

Neuberger Berman adds EM debt capability

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
Neuberger Berman has added emerging market debt to its suite of investment capabilities, with the appointment of 22 investment professionals, including 19 from ING Investment Management. Rob Drijkoningen and Gorky Urquieta, who were instrumental in ...

New FPA member base shows changing face of industry

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
An influx of Generation Y highlights the transformation of the public face of the financial planning industry, according to the Financial Planning Association (FPA). Figures released by the industry body shows that of more than 1,000 new members who ...

MainstreamBPO partners with DomaCom

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
MainstreamBPO has signed a deal with DomaCom's property platform, providing its specialist back office fund registry, accounting and administration, it was announced yesterday. MainstreamBPO specialise in a range of back and middle office administration ...

Media Super backs Aussie film industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
'Save your legs!' is a comedy cocktail of cricket and Bollywood music, a new movie backed by Media Super. The superannuation industry fund for media and arts professionals keeps supporting the Australian film industry through investing and loan initiatives ...

Off the cliff and into the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
"Problems, problems, pro-o-o-o-blems They won't be solved until I'm sure of you-o-ou..." -Everly Brothers That's' right dynamite, the myriad of problems in the financial markets that haunted investors everywhere appears to have gone the way of 2012 ...

Ten-year future vs. 10-minute tick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
You gotta love this daily market watching. There's plenty of moving variables that no one knows for sure which way to jump. Yesterday it began with worries about the cliff, followed by worries about another looming recession in Japan as its economy ...

QE3, OMT, APP equals D-U-D?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012

Known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
It's still many, many sleeps before Christmas yet last night seems to be "the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse." Financial markets generally marked time while we slept, unstirred by fresh ...