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Goodbye QE, hello QQE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
"You say stop and I say go go go, oh no You say goodbye and I say hello Hello hello" -- The Beatles Just as the Fed concluded QE3, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) served up the biggest trick or treat this Halloween by expanding its QQE. The trick. Not even ...

Instos get serious about climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
Last month's United Nations Climate Summit saw a flurry of announcements from some of the world's major institutional investors, ranging from pledges to divest from fossil fuels, to calls on governments to introduce carbon pricing. But how serious are ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower amid ongoing Aussie dollar weakness, a fall in commodity prices and soft leads from US equities. Wall Street stocks finished lower overnight after a monthly US consumer confidence index fell for the first ...

Market Wrap AM

MARKET WRAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street after disappointing economic data, including a big drop in US consumer confidence. At 0810 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was down 33 points ...

Someone mentioned the "S-word" on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014

SMSF borrowers should be forced to seek advice: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees who want to enter into a limited recourse borrowing arrangement should be forced to seek financial advice, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said. In its submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) ...

BT unveils tougher adviser standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
Westpac-owned BT Financial Group is the latest group to confirm new minimum education requirements for its financial advisers, responding to mounting pressure from consumers, associations and a Senate Economics Committee report. Similar to the new rules ...

Chumbawamba rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
Ho-hum. It's now so predictable that it's become so triple ho-hum boring. Yes folks, "Chumbawamba" still rules on Wall Street - it gets knocked down but it gets up again, nothing's ever going to keep it down. Only yesterday, I listed the list of crises ...

Former Macquarie exec resurfaces at BT

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
BT Investment Management has appointed long-term Macquarie executive Andrew Mouat as its new business development manager for institutional clients. Reporting to head of sales and marketing Chris Clayton, Mouat will be responsible for marketing and ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
Australian shares have lifted on the back of strong performances across the materials sector. BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto both rose by more than 1.5 per cent, giving a solid push to the overall share market. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said the resources ...