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Hermaphrodite economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
The more things change, the more they stay the same. There is very little to comment on today. The global economy is proceeding on course as many -if not most - expect. The current investment environment contains both plusses and minuses. Much like ...

FTSE and ASFA set after-tax world alight

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
Index provider FTSE and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) have created a series of indices that will, for the first time, compare fund manager performance on an after-tax basis, following calls from super fund trustees that ...

Depends on the data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... the Reserve Bank of Australia's next policy move. Speaking of which, there are also side bets about the size of the move. Yes Virginia, Australia is back to normal again. Financial markets are scouring every economic report coming their way to divine ...

Greenback weakness not all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... and here we go...currency devaluation. Perhaps this is also the reason why until now we haven't heard a squeak from China. Yes, the country making the loudest noise back in the days -- worried that its investments in US Treasuries would become zilch ...

Aussie dollar rises to restore equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
... the globe was in chaos. Current target: A$ equals US$0.90 or parity. Perhaps, perhaps not. Haven't we seen all this before? Yes, we have. For most of 2008, the Australian dollar threatened to trade at parity with its US counterpart. Most of us were planning ...

Barclays owns 5pc stake in Challenger

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
Barclays Global Investors has become a substantial shareholder of Challenger Financial Services with a 5.01 per cent stake in the James Packer-backed firm. In an ASX announcement yesterday, Challenger confirmed that BGI became a holder of the firm on ...

Priced, but not for a V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... the line of least resistance is to give in, raise the white flag and go on holiday. A self-fulfilling prophecy if you will. Yes Virginia, like you and I and most other living organisms - traders need a break from trading, speculators need a break from ...

MLC appoints head of platform sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
MLC has appointed Suzanne McCouaig as head of platform sales. McCouaig will report directly to Colin Woods, general manager of MLC Sales, and will sit on the MLC Sales leadership team. She joins MLC with more than 14 years' financial services experience ...

Treading on treacherous territory

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
September is upon us! Yes, that single month of the year which historically has been statistically observed to be the cruellest for stock markets. Forget the "Great Crash" of October 1929 or "Black Monday" in October 1987, October's historical average ...

Not bullish enough, maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
Have you heard the latest gossip? Yes, that one. Australia's economy has now left the gloom and doom of the global financial crisis behind and is now walking into the gloom and doom of rising interest rates. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will ...