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Cry of the banshee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... increased by only 18,000 in June - less than half of even the lowest forecast for a 40,000 gain. Worse, May's job gain of 54,000 - yes I called it U-G-L-Y last month - was more than halved to show employment increased by only 25,000. Uglier than ugly? ...

Hillross social media growth plans

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
Hillross Financial Services plans to build its adviser numbers through acquisitions, start ups and on boarding, adding double digit growth to its 115 firms with social media also to play a big role in promoting the planning brand. Hugh Humphrey, managing ...

Not in the mood for bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... were much more negative reports overnight than the scares we already know dished out by the credit-raters the day before. Yes, we already know that Greece is broke, Portugal is the other Greece - and perhaps someday, the entire Eurozone would turn Greek ...

Govt closes in on phoenix super dodgers

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
The Federal Government is moving to protect employees from losing their super to 'phoenix' companies, including making directors personally liable, after releasing draft legislation and calling for submissions from the industry. Assistant Treasurer ...

The other Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... it got earlier this year because it believes that the country would be unable to source capital market funding in 2013. Oh yes, Moody's is correct. Its latest downgrade of the country's credit rating made it so. Just as its AAA rating of CDOs, mortgaged-backed ...

China-Gillard tug o' war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... been a less pretty picture. The S&P/ASX 300 Resources index jumped by 16.1 per cent over the past 12 months. You know why? Yes, you know why - China. You'll see why when you chart the Resources index line alongside China's purchasing managers index. ...

UBS undecided on OptiMix future

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
UBS Asset Management will work closely with ANZ on positioning the ING Investment Management business that it agreed to acquire yesterday with no decisions yet made on where valuable assets such as OptiMix will end up. The acquisition of ING IM makes ...

Pigs may fly but they won't default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... euros from the EU/ECB/IMF troika to tide it over until the next time it has to rollover its debt. It's saved! Hooray! Well yes it is and it isn't. This, as such, is the message delivered by the relatively miniscule 0.48 per cent increase in the Athex ...

Funds ignoring foreign exchange risk

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
Australian funds can materially improve their returns over time without taking on extra chunks of risk by taking foreign currency exchange more seriously, the Financial Standard Currency Management Forum heard yesterday. According to Troy Rieck, managing ...

Vanguard loses portfolio manager, retains ratings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
Ratings on four Vanguard international equities funds have remained unchanged following the recent departure of portfolio manager Mark Hildebrandt, Standard & Poor's said yesterday. Vanguard's International Shares Index, International Shares Index Hdgd ...