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Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... explained. "It's entirely possible the family office sector is systemically important. We just have no way of knowing anything about it," he said, adding that family office investors are not subject to the same public scrutiny as institutions and, as ...

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... risk". But alas! The Prime Minister and the Treasurer of the day are more worried about hanging onto their seats than anything else and at this very moment is in the midst of debate over that confidence-enhancing, employment-producing, growth-supporting ...

Frydenberg slams modern awards as poorly-conceived

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... default fund selection, he said that the Federal Court has described the process as confusing. "In considering what, if anything should be put in its place, the government will first and foremost seek to make sure that all MySuper products are of the ...

September -- morn or mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... September lift-off today, so that's what they see, heard and think... today. Tomorrow is another day. Surely, there isn't anything wrong if the Fed lifts interest rates - even tomorrow - if it knows for sure that the economy would be able to handle it ...

Obsession with stability is killing returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... investment and consumer staple stocks could be risky investments. "People have been developing an obsession for stability. Anything that feels comfortable, people are overpaying for and people are shunning volatility like the plague," she said, and added ...

Reading too much out of nothing at all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... happy-ness is that the US economy is improving so go ahead Fed, make our day For the life of me, I really couldn't find anything fresh in the Fed statement... except for a few tweaks, here... and there. Aha! But it's the tweaks in semantics that people ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... experts thought it might elaborate on its plans for monetary policy. "We started off on the right foot and we didn't get anything negative from the Fed," said Michael James, managing director for equity trading at Wedbush Securities. LONDON - Europe's ...

RBNZ tries to turn the turn in NZ economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... housing asset base that is borrowed against without constraint fuelled by cash rich immigrants, Australia hasn't got anything." (Barry Johnson 2015-04-04 04:12) "...On the other side of the Tasman Sea, in New Zealand, the rise and fall of commodity prices ...

InvestSMART launches free robo-advice tool

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... securities," InvestSMART's service not only takes into account a user's existing investments (which he said would comprise anything listed on the ASX as well as property and cash) but allows them to tailor recommended products based on how relevant they ...

Green bonds set to soar despite policy

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... governments do not support renewable energies, Hayes said: "Whilst the uncertainty is not helpful, it's not obstructing getting anything done." He explained that viability of each infrastructure project is the key, but there are other reasons driving ...