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Waiting to digest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
With three of the world's biggest central banks - The Fed, the ECB and the BOJ - flooding the world with money, financial markets are still digesting what this all means. The "will they, won't they" do a QE question had been answered. They did. Now ...

APRA requirements welcomed by sector

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
Both sides of the superannuation sector have welcomed revised reporting standards proposed by APRA. New proposals released by the prudential regulator yesterday aim to increase the amount of data required of super funds, bringing them in line with other ...

Praemium captures BlackRock's SMA business

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
Praemium Australia is poised to take over BlackRock Investment Management's Separately Managed Accounts business after it yesterday entered into an agreement with the fund manager. The completion of the transaction, however, is subject to a number of ...

Draft legislation to streamline trans-Tasman retirement savings

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
The government has released a draft legislation to establish a trans-Tasman retirement savings portability scheme, expected to assist the thousands of Australians and New Zealanders who move across the Tasman every year. The new proposed scheme, which ...

Retail MySuper to put NFPs on back foot

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
MySuper will result in a flip in market dynamics, with the retail sector producing the cheapest default products and industry funds forced to a defensive stance on costs, a former Future Fund boss has warned. Labelling ING Direct's newly launched Living ...

New hedge fund rules for post-GFC environment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
ASIC's new guidance on hedge funds will force managers to greater disclosure on where money is invested, how assets are valued, the fund's structure and the risks involved to better protect investors following recent high-profile cases of fraud. Addressing ...

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012

Peak in investment spend to herald lower growth: Barclays economist

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
Once it peaks in 2013, the $260 billion of [predominantly resources, and especially gas-based] business investment already in Australia's development pipeline will start declining rapidly, resulting in a significant growth slowdown in 2014. This was ...

Why QE3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... made a boo-boo. Two gentle readers wrote to express their disagreement with the musings I wrote on this column yesterday - yes, the one where I said "QE3 will work," just as QE1 and QE2 did. In case you missed it, you can read it here http://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/22559150 ...

Q3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
"Is QE3 enough to save America's economy?" The Economist magazine posed this question to its readers over the weekend. So far, the nays have it - 78% of them think QE won't cut it - because according to those who commented: even Bernanke admitted that ...