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Buy the headline, sell the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... they first discuss how to entice buyers to get to the trillion mark? Whatever... a meeting offers hope and this is good enough in this uncertain of times. Hope was also in Bloomberg's headline, "U.S. Stocks Advance as Stark Predicts EU Crisis to Be Controlled". ...

Hero to Zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
A week may not be all that much in the whole scheme of things, but a week was long enough for Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou to turn from hero to zero. Hero. All seemed well after the night of 27 October. Every finance minister and his dog literally ...

Advisers distracted by industry funds: RiskStore

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
Advisers have focused too much on industry funds and not enough on their own value proposition said the insurance professional development service, The Risk Store, in its latest newsletter. "Criticism of the industry funds' advertising tactics is possibly ...

SG Bill enters parliament with strong support

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
... nearly 10 years since super contributions were last increased and yet we've known for many years that 9% is simply not enough for a comfortable retirement," said Fiona Reynolds, chief executive, AIST. "This legislation deserves the support of all Parliamentarians ...

Another 'should have gone shopping' moment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... the third quarter -- not much to write home about considering that it's in line with market expectations, it's not strong enough to significantly dent America's high unemployment rate and, it remains subject to another two revisions. But, yes, there's ...

Super strategy needed for retirees

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
Relying on a transition to retirement strategy is not enough, with a new approach to superannuation and changing income needs required to address a lack of understanding in super savings options, said an advice firm. According to Michael Hutton, wealth ...

ASX: Breakdown unrelated to Monday's Chi-X launch

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
The Australian Securities Exchange has admitted that yesterday's four-hour trade stoppage wasn't good enough, but said it had nothing to do with the launch of rival exchange operator Chi-X next week. ASX Trade was down from 10.05 am to just after 2 ...

Fixville here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... bil to boost their Tier 1 capital - to 9% -- after writing down their holdings of sovereign debts. Those that can't find enough funding from the markets would first have to beg from national governments. And if that still isn't enough... then they go ...

Party in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... built up in the financial markets these past few days, it better deliver on 26 October. And Wednesday couldn't come soon enough. Last night's October purchasing managers index (PMI) numbers pointed in the "R" direction. The Eurozone composite PMI dropped ...

Multiport hits $2bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... technical administration and technology delivery expectations of their clients. "Some practices decide they don't have enough SMSF's to provide in-house assistance and outsource to us, while others feel that the level of service that SMSF trustees are ...