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Hold, Fold or Run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
"Three coins in a fountain... which one will the fountain bless?" ( Frank Sinatra) It was a down day again on Wall Street overnight. It followed an up day that trailed a down day. Chances are, other markets would follow suit. But under current circumstances ...

Cuffe charity fund tilts to growth assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
Chris Cuffe has allocated money from the Third Link Growth fund to Perennial Investment Partners and Colonial First State Global Asset Management targeting A-REITs, soft commodities and global credit. Cuffe said the fund is aggressively positioned with ...

Freaked out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... the 450,000 level since the start of 2010). Bad news 2: US index of leading economic indicators fell by 0.1 per cent in April -- the first decline since March 2009 and lower than expectations for a 0.2 per cent gain. Interpretation? Interpretation? The ...

KPMG challenges ASIC on Constitutional powers

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
KPMG is challenging the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) regarding its case on behalf of Westpoint investors because it believes the regulator's case is unconstitutional. ASIC began action against KPMG on the basis that Section ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
Europhobe. Dictionary.com defines this as "a person who dislikes Europe, its culture, and Europeans," to which we may now add, the euro. Yes Virginia, it seems most of us are turning Europhobes now. Greece gave euros a bad smell and now financial markets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
The Australian share market is set to rise on Tuesday after Wall Street and some European markets managed small gains despite continuing concerns about the impact of Europe's debt problems on a global economic recovery. At 0731 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Cuscal opens FX payment platform

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
Cuscal has teamed up with J.P. Morgan to provide its retail financial institution clients with a platform to assist with the payment and receipt of foreign currency. The wholesale transactional services provider, which services the majority of Australia's ...

KiwiSaver eggs more savings, but not enough

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
A survey has found far more New Zealanders are saving money for retirement but very few are using the KiwiSaver scheme to its full potential. AMP's SuperWatch survey found KiwiSaver is the preferred retirement savings option with 67 per cent of respondents ...

Feeding the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... and the Obama administration? There was good news there over the weekend. US non-farm payrolls increased by 290,000 in April -- much, much more than the expected gain of 190,000. This marked the fourth consecutive rise in employment and the fifth in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to post a huge decline at the start of Friday's trading day, following a horror night on offshore markets as Wall Street shed more than three per cent and commodities prices went backwards. At 0757 AEST on the ...