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Post-Bernanke uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... uncertainty that these five new faces -- and perhaps, new thoughts and votes - bring to the conduct of US monetary policy. Yes, now you get it. Markets hate uncertainty. Note that the Fed's policy making body, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) ...

No more SMSF tax loopholes for excess concessional contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... large excess concessional contribution. It's then subtracted from their income, you can get your client back under," he said. "Yes, they have to pay excess concessional tax, but it's the same rate. So it's a very effective way of eliminating any division ...

The tale of two PMIs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013

Fake press release activist faces 10 years in jail

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
An environmental activist who issued a fake ANZ Bank press release and caused a crash in Whitehaven Coal's share price faces 10 years in prison. On 7 January 2013, Jonathan Moylan sent out a false media release which said ANZ Bank had pulled its $1.2 ...

SMSFs lose majority of cases against ATO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees are unlikely to win court cases against the Australian Tax Office, according to David Hughes, a partner at law firm Small Myers Hughes. Speaking at the SPAA State Technical Conference in Sydney yesterday ...

Aged care services under funded and set to worsen

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
Aged care services in Australia are under funded and overcrowded at a moment when ageing population and social changes require a stronger system. "The aged care sector needs more funding, but the funding will have to be a blend between users who can ...

IFM's FUM surges by 34% on global support

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
Global investment manager IFM has seen a 34% growth in funds under management, form $34 billion to $46 billion, which is more than double the asset growth of the overall Australian superannuation market. The fund manager reported a growth in offshore ...

The good, the good and the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... past few days, I think it's now safe to assume that the investment community has finally learnt to live with that prospect. Yes Virgie my lovely, we're back to that Goldilocks rationale for the stock market...perhaps, even better now. US equities are ...

The game markets play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... 22 May when the word "taper" first came into the markets' fear jargon but it took us all this time to finally understand. Yes Virginia, nothing much has changed...much. Apart from the slight attack of the nerves when the S&P 500 dropped by nearly 6% ...

Greece what?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
Was it good for you as it was for me? If you ask the financial markets this question, there surely would be a chorus of "yes it was!" They're still basking in the afterglow of Big Ben Bernanke's comforting words. In fact 'twas so good the Dow and the ...