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C'mon, Aussie, c'mon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... China (and India) that's buying these commodities that sends their prices even higher. Having said that, I am not brave enough to play this mug's game and put a target on the Australian dollar. I still recall Bloomberg's article when the Australian dollar ...

Record NSW election loss could slow federal reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... to the National Party. The swing in Tamworth where Tony Windsor resides was much smaller at 12 per cent but it was still enough for the National Party to unseat the sitting independent. The financial services sector can therefore look forward to more ...

Commodities rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... worries over Eurozone debt, and monetary policy tightening in emerging economies, led by China. One of these events alone is enough for investors to question the outlook for global economic growth, let alone all coming in all at once. But commodity investors ...

Govt claims MRRT as super victory

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... guarantee. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of ASFA, said the biggest financial concern for people was whether they'll have enough money to retire on. "This will begin to alleviate that problem," she said. "The bottom line is it will pay for itself within ...

Aussie funds fail transparency test

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... transparency and dispensing with arbitrary "investible amounts". "It's something which consumers I don't think have focused on enough to date, but it's a point of competition which will become in our view very important," he said.

Tightrope walker

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... (PBOC) had been tightening monetary policy in order to keep inflation under control. The US economy is not growing fast enough - and measured inflation has, thus far, remained benign - that the Fed's sticking to its very easy monetary policy. But what ...

Super on table for October tax review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... role of the pension industry and its relationship with the health and aged-care industries in helping people retire with enough money to live a healthy lifestyle. "It will look at what are the areas to tackle over the next few years," she said. "We think ...

Pain sans hysteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... welcome the Fed's decision. If the Fed ends QEs for good, it would be interpreted as the US and global economies are strong enough. If it goes for QE3, money will continue to roll and find their way into risk assets.

Oil at US$300

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... quarter of the 80 posted in 2008 when the GFC threatened to obliterate the financial world as we know it. Am I not scary enough? Despite all the sensationalist scare tactics, the fear index shows us otherwise. So we up the ante. Yesterday, I quoted The ...

Converging techniques give investors more options

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... Mauppin-Higashino said Amundi was able to deliver products like this because being a bank-based investment manager they are big enough to have a team of portfolio managers skilled in using hedge funds techniques as well as traditional long skills. The ...