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QE2 overstays welcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... recession of its national economy, fundamentally lowering the national solvency." Call it a political move, an offensive attack ahead of tomorrow's G-20 meeting - where it expects to be nudged into revaluing the yuan for the nth time - but there is some ...

The hidden costs hurting returns

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... savings pools forced to grow thanks to our compulsory superannuation system, the asset-based fee paradigm has been subject to attack, while performance fees have also been criticised because sometimes they don't prevent negative returns and underperformance ...

Hungary private pension breakdown

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
Private pension funds are under attack in Hungary after the government announced that all contributions to second-pillar funds would be stopped for the next 14 months and left within the state system. The Hungarian government announced in mid-October ...

Advisers in clean bill of health

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... Australian adults, 301 of which were financial advisers. Financial advisers are more likely to mention heart disease or heart attack as one of the top three causes of death for Australian men and women when compared to respondents from the general community. ...

Pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... out of puff. Wall Street ended flat overnight after seesawing for much of the trading day. In case you start getting an attack from the jitterbug once again, have no fear... nothing much has really changed. After six days of unrelenting climb, a pause ...

Future Fund chair attacks RSPT

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
In an unprecedented intervention into the political war around the government's mining tax proposal, the chairman of the public sector Future Fund said the tax should be re-designed or scrapped. David Murray, Future Fund chairman, told Business Spectator ...

Trillion dollar kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... has bought time to get its economic house in order. From now on, speculators would think twice before mounting another attack. However, whether the a,-750 billion worth of time purchased is enough is another matter. Because salvation comes with a price ...

Sell in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... Greek isle afloat with a three-year, a,-110 billion lifeline. All was well... so it seemed. Until last night, when a panic attack again hit equity markets. Financial markets engaged in a "what if?" exercise yet again. What if Portugal needs assistance? ...

Commissions by another name

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... better than commissions and said they wouldn't fix conflicts of interest. Hartsuyker made the statements while attempting to attack the government's reforms to financial advice that were announced on 26 April by the minister for superannuation, financial ...

Planner kayaks for men's health

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... of years ago after he was diagnosed with diabetes and was told by his doctor that he is a perfect candidate for a heart attack because of his poor diet and fitness level. In response, he decided to change his lifestyle and take up kayaking. He has steadily ...