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Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
The Fed lady sang for two consecutive days but "not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse". The S&P 500 index fell all of 0.07% when Janet testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the 15th, but more likely than not this was due ...

Fund managers take cover behind cash sandbags

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
Fund managers have ratcheted up their cash positions to levels not seen since before the financial crisis, the latest global survey from Bank of America Merrill Lynch shows. The July numbers show that cash levels have soared to an average of 5.5%, up ...

Towers Watson hires senior consultant

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
Towers Watson has appointed a senior consultant to be based in the company's Sydney office. Aongus O'Gorman took up the role on 13 July and specialises in liquid diversifying strategies. O'Gorman was previously managing director of Round Tower Solutions ...

Round and round we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... spinning reel..." -Dusty Springfield Yes Virginia, the more things change... Here we go again, 'twas another deadline - 15 July - another missed deadline on the ever-spinning Greek debt saga. Financial markets - well, except for those not labelled Greece ...

AFA awards deadline looms

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has called for submissions for its Adviser and Practice of the Year awards before the July 17 deadline. The Adviser of the Year award is based on adviser performance, practice business performance, professionalism ...

Understanding the present Chinese market rout: Western Asset

PROMOTED BY LEGG MASON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
Recent volatility in the Chinese bourses has led to systemic fears in China and global growth worries. From a 7.5-year peak in mid-June, the Shanghai Composite Index (SHCOMP) has fallen 28% in a matter of weeks. On July 8, 2015 the SHCOMP lost 5.9% ...

86 billion Euros are in the mail, just

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... would be taken away. But before that, Tsipras would have to convince the Greek Parliament to pass the reform proposals on 15 July - the new D-day - and then wait for his benefactors' parliaments (mainly Germany) to approve the deal. Assuming these go ...

Queensland director banned for two years

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a Queensland company director from providing financial services for two years after failing to ensure the company complied as a Responsible Entity under the Corporations Act. Between ...

Still in the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
"Oh, I love you more today than yesterday..." -- Spiral Staircase But would it be "...as much as tomorrow"? That's the musical version of "is this a dead cat bounce?" Yes Virginia, I refer to the Shanghai Composite Index which tumbled 5.9% one-day and ...

From Greece's frying pan into China's fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
What Greece has started, China's finishing. To be sure, the tragi-comedy that is Greece is far from over, not with crunch time moments ever so foreverly moved - 23 February was the first "this is it moment" for Athens, that became 24 Feb, that became ...