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The great unwind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... terms of its bailout. Oh em gee! We're really in trouble now Virginia. We're about to re-live the nightmare again. The problem this time is that the 'go to' asset class - US Treasuries -- during times like these are the very ones that are being hammered ...

Wall Street to stage cyberattack wargame drill

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... the FBI investigated over 400 reported cases of attempted corporate account takeovers worth nearly $300 million. "The problem is growing and these attacks are not always easy to spot: according to a 2013 survey of corporate security breaches conducted ...

The Big Benny sings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
I beg your pardon, but was that it? Was that the song we've waited all this time for Big Benny to sing? The song remains the same to me. The same tune Ben Bernanke sang on the 22nd of May. The June FOMC statement was practically a rehash of the one ...

Will Australia escape an EM bond crisis?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
The high-yield emerging market (EM) bond market may be a bubble waiting to burst, but Australian bonds can escape this fate, according Fred Goodwin, macro strategist at State Street Global Markets. Since 2008, the high yields offered by EM bonds have ...

Industry "disappointed" at PJC recommendation

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... operation officer Phil Anderson said also said that the organisation is disappointed that the report does not recognise the problem with the definition of tax financial advice services. "We remain concerned that there are other issues with this legislation ...

Still in Goldilocks land

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... take its foot off the accelerator (reducing QE) - and soon, before its expanding balance sheet creates another and bigger problem - but taking the pedal off the metal is not the same as slamming on the brakes (stopping QE altogether) and/or going into ...

Fund manager dismisses super fund fee demands

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... Miller says that in his experience the vast majority of super funds take a sensible approach when it comes to fees. "The problem with any investment is that the only thing you can be certain of is fees. Active managers tend to oversell their capacity ...

Study finds dark pools damage market quality

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... marketplace. Dr Hui Zheng, one of the study's co-authors, said the group had made three key policy recommendations to address the problem. Firstly, he recommend that fair access requirements be modified and the 5% threshold of exemption from lit market ...

Free service may help advisers bypass FoFA costs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... provides a gateway to a wide range of term deposit offerings, and it enables them to get around the prohibitive paperwork problem," Murray told the Financial Standard. "If we are given the client details once only, and are given what's required for anti-money ...

Super is working but needs to evolve: ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... questions about market structure, such as "why do older and wealthier retirees seem to prefer SMSFs and is that actually a problem?" Vamos said, "Just as investment strategies will need to change over time to accommodate Australia's demographic changes ...