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The sky is falling downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... probability of a recession. There's former Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Bernie Fraser warning that the "good times have passed" for the Australian economy and "it is going to become tougher". There's Secretary to the Treasury (1993-2001) ...

The coming 2013 crash according to Paul B. Farrell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... prosperity 'gone forever'" Did you catch yourself nothing your head as you go through the list? I don't blame you. Because times like these, they look oh so rational, don't they not? The same way arguments arguing "the end of the world as we know it" ...

Super is working but needs to evolve: ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... both sides of the aisle are constantly tempted to use it to 'plug holes' in the financial system, despite this being at times to the detriment of fund members. Harper said the shift towards decumulation will increase the policy debate around superannuation ...

US hedge funds abandon Europe on new regulations

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... plans to enter Europe and have put existing operations under review in response to new European regulation, the Financial Times has reported. Their retreat comes in response to the arrival of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) directive ...

RBA decisions decisions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... course and keep the official cash rate at 2.75% this month. But markets have been wrong before - not only once but many, many times. Only last month the RBA cut rates when 'expert' forecasters forecast no change. Three months before that -- in February ...

Planning firms mispriced on knowledge blacks spots

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... in these multiples for planning practices. "We are aware of sales and acquisitions from as low as two to as high as four times the annual recurring revenue," he said. "While there should be a range in what is offered, the variance has been significant ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... cents to $28.97 and Westpac was 47 cents lower at $28.39. Mr Walker said the sell off of high-yielding stocks in recent times, such as the banks or Telstra, may have come from offshore given the recent slide in the value of the Australian dollar. "We ...

Markets poised on knife-edge: Standard Life Investments

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... at which the Federal Reserve begins scaling back its stimulus program remains the biggest question for investors. "At 15 times price-to-earnings the US market is not cheap and a lot will depend on corporate earnings figures," he said. "Markets are far ...

Infrastructure tax incentives put before Parliament

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... from the utilisation tests. A major disincentive to private investment in nationally significant projects is the long lead times between incurring deductible expenditure in the construction phase through to earning income in the operational phase. "The ...

Volatile safe-haven bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
Times like these, I really wish I had a twitter account and most importantly...know how to use it. Then I could just hashtag "what I said yesterday" and I'm done. Finito. Wall Street closed down overnight from up the night before. Like I said, markets ...