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Not so wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
Something looks wrong - very, very wrong - with how financial markets are conducting themselves nowadays. Investors greeted 2012 with almost universal agreement that the global growth outlook would be worse than it was in 2011 - the World Bank recently ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... local investors' eyes will be on offshore markets, as China reports its June quarter gross domestic product and the US reports monthly retail sales and inflation figures. On Monday in Australia, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases housing ...

Better second half

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... in the previous month, a sign that Japan's factories are coming back on stream. This is consistent with last week's US reports showing a turnaround in machinery orders, autos and other durable goods and confirm Big Benny's view that the soft patch is ...

Meaning to the meaningless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
If you've already read the various reports on various websites and blogs trying to give meaning to Wall Street's slip overnight, you're now probably getting antsy pantsy that the bad ol' times have returned. This from The Age quoting "AAP, with Business ...

AustralianSuper wins $650m Elders mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
AustralianSuper has won a $650 million and 12,500 member-strong corporate super mandate from Elders - making the transfer one of the largest of its kind in Australian corporate superannuation history. The $30 billion-plus AustralianSuper was the successful ...

Small thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
Thanks again. Well ok, just a small thank you perhaps. I don't know about you Virginia, but usually during days like these when the planets align - good economic data releases - Wall Street ramps it up, not the paltry less than half a per cent hop it ...

Men's contribution to superannuation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
Today,19 November, is the 10th International Men's Day and it's time to celebrate the contribution of men to superannuation and wealth management. Men invented superannuation, lead the fight for universal age pensions around the world, designed the ...

Cavendish launches adviser portal

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
Self managed super fund (SMSF) service provider, Cavendish Superannuation has released an online portal for advisers that provides fund information, pension statements, trust deeds and amendments. Peter Cocks, national relationships manager at Cavendish ...

Day of silence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
Big yawn! That's what Wall Street and European markets did overnight. Flat, flat, flat. Perhaps they took a one-day of silence to show respect for US Senator Edward Kennedy. Senator Ted passed away yesterday, aged 77. Or maybe they're just taking a ...

Aviva names SMA distribution head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
Aviva has appointed Stuart Fechner to head up the distribution of the firm's soon to launch Separately Managed Accounts (SMA). Fechner, previously a national key account manager for the firm's Navigator platform, takes on the newly created role of distribution ...