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Review after Military Super changes mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
Military Super's switch to Towers Watson as principle investment consultant results in a rating review for SCM Wholesale Absolute Australian Equities Fund. Last month, the government fund appointed Towers Watson as principal investment consultant in ...

60 Minutes deception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... that time is not now. SP: You have what degree of confidence in your ability to control this? BB: One hundred percent. BO: Oh yes Ben, the Fed could even raise interest rates in 15 seconds - maybe less -- if it has to, but you most of all should be aware ...

AMP won't be fifth banking pillar

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
AMP's decision to strengthen wealth management, not banking, should it merge with AXA just made the government's task of bringing more competition in banking that much harder. Craig Dunn, AMP managing director, told ABC television yesterday that the ...

Winter wonderland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... face unafraid, The plans that we've made, Walking in a winter wonderland." -- Composed by Felix Bernard, sang by everybody Yes Virgie, even the financial markets appear to be on a Christmas carolling mood these days. "Gone away is the bluebird." Last ...

More turbulence ahead: De Bever

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
The former chief investment officer of the Victorian Funds Management Corporation says that "bonds are an accident waiting to happen" and that the global economy is on the cusp of "a huge structural shift, probably one that we haven't seen since 1900." ...

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
"Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la, la la la la. Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la la la la, la la la la" "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Ev'rywhere you go." Please excuse my cheerful mood. I've been singing these tunes ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
The Australian share market remained marginally lower at noon with softer than expected third quarter economic growth not having a major impact on equities. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 9.2 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 4,575.2 ...

ECB to QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... continues. Investors are circling around like vultures around Portugal and Spain perhaps until the whole of Europe burns. Oh yes, Virginia, there's a niggling feeling that ultimately Europa will be raped and this would cause untold losses everywhere ...

Me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... of the global economy. Ha! But Australia's not to be left out. No siree! Me, too! Me, too! Me have trouble coming, too. Oh, yes! Oh, yes! They're not the only ones. We're not going to be left out. I speak of course about recent reports that Australia's ...

Better than a Thanksgiving turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
"It's always darkest before dawn." This axiom came to mind as I watched Wall Street recouped its previous day's losses. Everything that could go wrong appeared to have gone wrong yesterday. There was shelling in the Korea's. Ireland's acceptance of ...