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Market anxiety shrouds SMSF appetite for equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... uncertainty, this larger exposure to cash and deposits may reflect a loss of trustee confidence in the financial markets." "Many DIY-ers are sitting tight because they think the media is still predicating nervousness about financial markets. Advised ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012

The twain could not meet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... in May. The point is that, freed from the worrying headlines about what happens to Europe (at least for now), Wall Street-ers have come full circle to the realisation that it's a win-win situation for them. This is because the Fed's got their back should ...

Wen's visible hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
Where are they now? Those hard landing-ers? Wall Streets and European equities jumped 1.7% and 1.4%, respectively - on the final day of last week's trading as markets welcomed news that China's economy slowed "as expected" to 7.6% in the year to the ...

Uncertainly good or bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... similar to May's tally). Hard landing, here we come. Like every other time that China reports a bad stat, some hard landing-ers go full blast and extrapolate it to kingdom come. Like this post by Zarathustra. While he admits that, "...in terms of data ...

ESG RA Awards celebrate industry achievers

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
Macquarie Securities and Citi took out the top awards at the third annual ESG Research Australia Awards, presented in Melbourne. Celebrating the field of ESG-inclusive research conducted by stock-brokers in Australian equities, 24 research papers were ...

ERSEL selects RIMES for tech

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
Italian and Luxembourg-domiciled asset manager ERSEL Sim S.p.A has selected Barra Performance on RIMES to service its performance measurement and attribution requirements. RIMES Technologies is a financial data integrator and performance solutions provider ...

All aboard online at CalPERS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... also serves as a platform for the fund's social media presence on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube - sites used widely by Gen Y-ers. "There's a lot of information and misinformation about CalPERS," said Patricia K. Macht, CalPERS director of external affairs. ...

Gen-Y in a bottle

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... released in Australia on Gen-Yers and how they use technology to access financial products. The study found that as far as Gen Y-ers are concerned, phone and e-mail just won't cut it anymore. Instead banks and super funds that want to keep their "younger" ...

Part-time staff insurance made easier

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... own occupation TPD cover. Jordan Hawke, general manager at Asteron said the move was in line with the growing trend of Gen Y-ers taking up part time employment, and the increasing number of people transitioning to part-time work as employers tighten ...