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Ben calls on JMK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... before any meaningful reversal - up or down - happens in the markets. Weeks became days - and days turned into intra-days. Yes Virginia, you saw it last night. But what can you expect when financial markets are trading on every letter that's printed ...

Bear killer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... it" in order to boost growth. But back to the point, Greece can kiss the next a,-8 billion worth of alms goodbye for now. Yes, for now. Despite Germany's insistence on the compliance-for-alms deal, Deutschland has no other option at this current time ...

Second tranche of FOFA well received: industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
The second tranche of FOFA reforms has earned a warm, albeit subdued, welcome from the industry with little or no reaction from large dealer groups but solid support from industry associations. In response to the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms ...

Hope trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... on hopes policymakers were putting together measures to help ease the region's debt crisis." Notice the common denominator? Yes, it's hope! It all began when CNBC quoted an unnamed EU official saying that a plan to leverage the EFSF up to eight times ...

Legal threats loom over poor SMSF advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
Some financial advisers and accountants that call themselves 'SMSF specialists' are ill-equipped to adequately advise on running a self-managed super fund - making them prime targets for litigation and causing reputational damage to the SMSF sector. ...

Super funds call for calm amid market fall

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
As misery spreads through global stock markets, Australian investors are reminded to wait patiently for a turnaround in fortunes to ensure they don't lock in their losses. The continued extreme volatility saw the Australian stock market fall to its ...

Bulls see red

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... during an interview at the Chicago Board Options Exchange Risk Management Conference in Dana Point, California on 9 March 2009. Yes, the exact date that the S&P 500 index bottomed! And three months before the US recession officially ended! The doom and ...

Perpetual: fixed income is back

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
Fixed income and credit markets are coming back in style while better portfolio diversification is needed for most investors, according to Perpetual Investments. Michael Korber, head of credit at Perpetual, told a media briefing yesterday that while ...

SMSFs feeling the age gap

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
The ageing demographics of SMSF trustees may prove to be the real issue for the sector, but that isn't holding it back with rising growth rates and surging fund numbers, heard delegates at a Women in Super event yesterday. Speaking at the event, Sarah ...

Glimmer of hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... month... and only if the Papandreou government proves that it it's meeting its deficit reduction targets. Noticed anything? Yes, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Yup, the same uncertainty that causes volatility that prompts a crisis ...