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Unfixed future for fixed income

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... loans Emerging markets debt - hard currency Emerging market debt - local Inv Grade Corporates "Why limited yourself to one box, to one area, or even alter it into whatever investment you like but it is just important for investors to get away from the ...

Unfixed future for fixed income

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... Emerging markets debt - hard currency A, Emerging market debt - local A, Inv Grade Corporates "Why limited yourself to one box, to one area, or even alter it into whatever investment you like but it is just important for investors to get away from the ...

Planners make their budget wishes

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... It's trying to buy votes - it doesn't do anything for the economy." The Government has announced a $308.8 million set-top box scheme for pensioners under the budget. As the 2011 budget looms, a number of measures announced in last year's budget still ...

Super segmentation comes of age

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... other social considerations that can affect super balances such as divorce and the division of super assets. "It's a neat box to put them in, but the reality is that the super situation of 40 year olds may differ remarkably. Some may have not yet started ...

Wall Street takes a dive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
Just as Queensland boxer Paul Briggs gave up too easily after Danny Green grazed his forehead 29 seconds in the first round of their IBO cruiserweight world title showdown last night, so it was for Wall Street. No Virginia, it didn't take as short as ...

Paul does it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010

End to unfair mortgage exit fees

ASIC AND CHOICE RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
ASIC has released a consultation paper on new laws regulating mortgage early exit fees, which are unconscionable or unfair. The new paper, titled Mortgage early exit fees: Unconscionable fees and unfair contract terms (CP 135), contains proposals that ...

Aussie quant funds stay ahead with proprietary data

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... research, Clayton said it was unlikely to move towards hedge fund style secrecy. "We wouldn't get to the point where it's a black box, investors must understand what they're investing in. But it's important to keep that research in-house," he added. ...

Gold is hip again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
Hang on to your hats... volatility has returned. We're in trouble again! And you know we're in trouble if that metal whose main use is to adorn the ears, noses, fingers and arms -- and for some, even unmentionable parts of the body -- starts making ...

When old news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... improving" and that "the recovery is on track." He also repeated view that using the phrase "extended period" has put the Fed in a "box". Read, we better stop promising free money or it may blow up in our faces. This one from another Charles, Philadelphia ...