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BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
"Just once can't we figure out what we keep doing wrong Why we never last for very long What are we doing wrong Just once can't we find a way to finally make it right." -- James Ingram "Just Once" It's a brand new week folks. Yet somehow, why does it ...

FOFA passes as industry backs professionalism

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
Industry bodies have broadly welcomed yesterday's passage of the FOFA legislation through the Senate, with the focus on codes of conduct effectively setting up the industry for self-regulation amid the push towards professionalism and better consumer ...

Older Australians delaying retirement

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
A report unveiled yesterday by financial services and superannuation minister, Bill Shorten, revealed that 50% of older Australian intend to delay retirement. The report, titled Financial Wellbeing: Concerns and choices amongst older Australians, also ...

Uncle Ben to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
What did you expect? Naturally with the G-20 about to conclude their meeting today and the US Federal Reserve holding policy deliberations, the financial market air would be rife with speculation. Rumours out of Los Cabos, Mexico propelled stock markets ...

BRIC slows on Europe woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
No mas por fabor ! You're probably as tired sick of reading about Greece, Spain, QEs and changing rhetoric from the who's who of the G-20 as I am writing about them. Good thing equity markets in Australia and Asia were able to celebrate Greece's decision ...

Greece chooses pain to pain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
"The Greek people expressed their will to stay anchored with the euro, remain an integral part of the euro zone and honour the country's commitments." We will respect the signatures and promises that we've made. There's no time to lose." With these ...

Investors turn to dynamic asset allocation

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
The global financial crisis, and more recently the situation in Europe, has put global asset allocation back in focus, according to PineBridge Investments. Prior to the financial crisis many investors had given up attempting to balance risk and return ...

Three more days of guessing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
Up and down it goes, where it ends nobody knows. Wall Street was down again last night, after being up the previous day and down the day before. This sawtooth trading pattern hardly comes as a surprise given the great uncertainty over the outcome of ...

PIG now officially PIGS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
Happy Birthday your majesty... and thank you! Thank you for the three-day weekend which allowed us one-extra day of sleep in. Thank you for the extra day of rest that also meant another day of boozing. But most of all, thank you for leading us not into ...

Equity value - cheap or the new normal?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
There must be some truth in reports that came out a few days ago, that Australians have now surpassed the Brits as the world's biggest whingers. Whinge, whinge, whinge. This went on full display right here, right now after the RBA decided to give the ...