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Mother of all hard landings and other BSes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Australia appears to have started this new week, new month, new quarter new financial year with a little bit more stride in its steps. This could be because of the world's biggest central bankers' comforting ...

Fund CEOs slam MySuper as 'death by a thousand cuts'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
Superannuation fund leaders have said MySuper will fail to achieve its aims, while ensuring significant costs to super funds, according to a report conducted by Sussman Associates. Medium sized, generic funds were expected to get the worst deal out ...

Legg Mason $100m mandates add to IOOF value approach

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
IOOF's decision to award Legg Mason $100 million across two mandates was based on a desire to differentiate its offering from other manager and supplement existing out-of-favour value strategies, said IOOF chief investment officer Steve Merlicek. IOOF ...

Downswing in bond yields clear path for Absolute Return Fixed Income

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
The imminent end of the bond bull-market means now is the time for investors to consider absolute return fixed income strategies, according to GAM head of structured investments Rossen Djounov. Visiting Australia from London to promote the GAM Fixed ...

Fool's gold?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
It's official folks...we now have a bear market -- a bear market in gold, that is. The yellow metal no longer shines Virginia. Gold's spot price closed at US$1484.07 an ounce. That's a 21.8% drop from its all-time closing high of US$1898.25 per ounce ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
The Australian market is higher after mining giant BHP Billiton's half-year production report exceeded expectations and following strong leads from the US. At 1028 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 22 points, or 0.46 per cent ...

ASX rally won't last: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
The stock market will not maintain its recent momentum through 2013, says Ben Heap managing director UBS (Aust/NZ). Buoyed by renewed confidence in the global economy, higher commodities prices and the US clawing its way back from the edge of the fiscal ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street after Greece secured a revised bailout deal that will help it again avert a default on its huge debt load. At 0631 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures ...

A good new year past the cliff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012

Fed money on the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
It's a good day in the markets overnight and this is because... Let me hear you say it... optimism on the fiscal cliff. Yes, that's it. Tomorrow, we'll just change the word 'optimism' to 'pessimism' should the tape tell a tale of woe. I could stop here ...