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Here we go again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... US recovery "has become self-sustaining" and therefore, "US interest rates will rise sooner than everybody expects". My guess is that if Wall Street's sell-off continues, one or two or more Fed officials - perhaps, even Aunt Janet herself - would come ...

All that jazz, all nonsense

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
Move on folks, go git... nothing to see here. Wall Street's down overnight on your usual garden-variety profit-taking after its record breaking climb on the eve of July 4th. Though some would have you believe something more sinister and all that jazz ...

Slow and steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... This is the biggest monthly addition since the 293K added back in November 2012 and... it beat even the most optimistic guess for a 240K gain. Yes, Virginia, 'twas good, 'twas excellent, particularly if you look at the bar chart of this stats' monthly ...

Retirement innovation deadlock continues

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... through the IFA route. Parry said he thinks this lack of experience may have put MetLife off at the last minute. "I can only guess that perhaps this was their initial foray into the retail market, and maybe they thought it was a risky entry point." With ...

James knows when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
Jumpin' Jiminy Cricket Batman! The US Federal Reserve will begin to lift interest rates soon - that is, sooner than everyone in the planet expects. Bullard of bull (dropping?). Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said so in his ...

IOOF and SFGA union rattles top ranks

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... I'm not sure," Prendeville said, and added: "they don't have the same level of manufacturing than big institutions, so I guess they're more independent than banks." This story first appeared in the June 2 issue of Financial Standard. Download the full ...

So bad it's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... according to the spinmeisters, got Wall Street suffering an attack of the heebie jeebies. It's even worse than the lowest guess for a 0.8% contraction. It's badder than bad and yet Wall Streeters returned, and went a-shopping for big stocks, small stocks ...

In with the old, out with the new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... mood on Wall Street sparked by these good stats were turned around last night. Large caps, small cap, tech stocks dipped. Guess what the spin du jour was? It's anxiety over what the recalibration of the first quarter US real GDP report would bring tomorrow. ...

Industry fund claims experience worse than retail: PWC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
The claims experience at industry superannuation funds has deteriorated in recent months and is now worse than in retail funds, PriceWaterhouseCoopers partner Barry Rafe said. Speaking at the Financial Services Council 2014 Life Insurance Conference ...

Prescriptions galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014