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No drama at the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... (although Bloomberg columnist, William Pesek, came close - "Stevens, though, is perilously close to making the kind of policy mistake that's been so rare at the RBA"). No siree... not me. I heart Gov Glenn and his Board. But more than my amore for the ...

RBA to business: release the animal in you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... yesterday (and the Q&A transcripts) and contrasted this with the "As jobless numbers climb, RBA is perilously close to a rare mistake" headlined by the 'Sydney Morning Herald' on 12 August. Columnist William Pesek's column on Bloomberg titled "Australia's ...

Brumbie: Super idea, super silly reaction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... without owning their own home. Senator Xenophon's idea of course needs refinement, but abruptly dismissing it will be a big mistake. Giddyup.

Mission accomplished?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... all......only to say later (in January 2009) that, "Clearly, putting 'Mission Accomplished' on an aircraft carrier was a mistake".

FoFA future uncertain as Palmer threatens to join opposition

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... member for Fairfax in the House of Representatives and the article has been amended to reflect that. We apologise for the mistake.

Let's talk about VIX baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... strengthening momentum in the UK economy. So is the Bank of Japan. Monetary policy might be on hold there for now but make no mistake, it could and would goose up the printing presses "if necessary". Speaking of which, the European Central Bank appears ...

Platform error forces NAB to pay further compensation

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
A review of NAB Wealth's Navigator platform has revealed that the bank made a mistake when calculating compensation to 43,000 clients in 2012. NAB Wealth expects the compensation to be less than $200,000, which adds to the $1.9 million that the bank ...

Advisers have to act in client's best interests: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... Mason said, "If it should come about that some aspect of the best interest duty is to be wound back, it would be a serious mistake to think that a financial adviser is under no duty to act in the best interest of the client. It would be unsafe to assume ...

Consumers safe under FoFA changes: former judge

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... clients. "If it should come about that some aspect of the best interest duty is to be wound back, it would be a serious mistake to think that a financial adviser is under no duty to act in the best interest of the client, he said. "It would be unsafe ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... drama before in 1997 and for the little remaining hair on my balding head, me don't know why it keeps repeating the same mistake. For the sake of nostalgia? Sucker for punishment perhaps? Japan needs to fire more arrows - and soon - to prevent negativism ...