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Time to go away?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... winners of the bull market amid concern valuations have advanced too far... The Nasdaq Composite Index... trades at 31.5 times reported earnings of the companies in the index." TMT (telecoms, media and technology) were all the rage - and consequently ...

Front-runners

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... higher liquidity. It aides for better price discovery, it reduces bid-ask spreads and, according to a piece on the New York Times... "...if you're a trader who spends every day making trades for a living, you'll be interested in the conversation about ...

Sinodinos says six figure AWH salary was 'reasonable'

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... investors interested in the company. When asked about specific details of those meetings, Sinodinos answered a number of times that he didn't recall or didn't remember. AWH administration costs escalated from $200,000 a month to $600,000 at the time ...

US retirement assets reach US$23tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... assets market reached a stellar US$23 trillion at end 2013, up 16% through the year. But while the figure, at roughly 14 times the amount in the Australian superannuation system, seems astronomical. It is actually corresponds similarly to our system ...

Forget shocks and stay the course: PM Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... added that the share market is far more volatile than the underlying businesses it represents, and this is more prevalent in times of crisis. "The herd mentality of the market has a way of pricing near term events as if they are permanent in nature," ...

Australia has softer approach to corporate wrongdoing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... of penalties for similar wrongdoing. Typically, providing credit without a license can attract a civil penalty up to ten times higher than the criminal fine for those who provide financial services without a license. "Tough penalties have a powerful ...

FICAP RockStar of the year crowned

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... people and their families affected by cancer; and YWCA NSW, whose mission is to "support vulnerable people across NSW at times in their lives when they need it most." One of the highlights of the evening was a rap written and performed by 15-year-olds ...

British govt to introduce pension choice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... "The current system effectively forces the majority of individuals with defined contribution savings to buy an annuity. But times have changed, and a new solution is needed," notes the consultation entitled 'Freedom and choice in pensions' that accompanies ...

OneVue shuffles reporting lines ahead of IPO

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... McCallum said. "Advisers will benefit from greater operational knowledge which will greatly increase response turnaround times." McCallum added that with adviser services team members Sheree Portis on maternity leave and Michelle Pattinson going on maternity ...

China's art of currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... capitalist country's (read, US) ears. Instead of threatening to brand China as a "currency manipulator" as it did several times in the past, Bloomberg reports that, "U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew... praised China's announcement to widen the daily ...