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No more fear - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... braking effect for more monetary policy stimulation. And then there's Factor X - whatever that may turn out to be. Remember Murphy's Law. However, the flow of better than expected US eco stats over the past few months provide a better-than-even chance ...

S&P calls for adviser education on new ETF indices

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... the onus on the quality, robustness and transparency of index methodologies and underlying asset prices," said Richard Murphy, ASX spokesperson. Proposed FOFA legislation and the requisite shift to a fee-for-service model will make ETFs more relevant ...

No time for FOFA impact statement: OBPR

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... a suitable standard. In evidence to the Parliamentary Joint Committee inquiry into the FOFA reforms held last month Jim Murphy, market group executive director for Treasury said, "the fact of the matter is OBPR ran out of time." "This occurred during ...

What hard landing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... while America's improving - it's doing it ever so slowly. Something could still go wrong in the world. And thanks to Mr. Murphy, we know that if something could go wrong, it will. But if it does, you can bet your bottom dollar the politburo would be ...

Second best month of the year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... in Europe, we still could see a plus sign in front of European equities by November's end - barring of course, another "Murphy's Law" moment in Europe. Former ECB VP Lucas Papademos has replaced resigned Greek PM George Papandreou and former EU competition ...

Social investments hinge on the right financing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... contribute as much to social projects as the government would like, according to Christian Super. Chief Executive Officer Peter Murphy said it was of upmost importance to design financing structures that ensured the expected risk adjusted return could ...

Christian Super launches e-coach

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... career, health and family. "We're delighted to be able to provide this financial resource," said Christian Super CEO Peter Murphy. "It helps us fulfill our vision of helping people live with financial health and understanding. "Financial Freedom E-Coach ...

Christian Super joins Government to seed community fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... market volatility it is important to diversify into assets that are not exposed to those same market risks," said Peter Murphy, chief executive officer, Christian Super. Christian Super's chief investment officer Tim Macready said the community finance ...

Carbon blast from the GST past

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... majority of one, the margin for something going wrong and the tax measures not passing legislation is high. Remember Mr. Murphy's immortal words, "If something can go wrong, it will." But assuming it gets signed off as dictated last Sunday or in another ...

Leveraged ETF risk laid bare

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
Morningstar's co-head of fund research Tim Murphy caused a stir at the research firm's investment conference when he showed the risks of US-style synthetic ETFs at a panel session in Sydney on Friday. Tom Keenan of iShares Australia and Graham Smith ...