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Time to buy the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... own devices which, I think is where many have got it wrong. They extrapolate current trends to infinity and expect the powers-that-are to sit, stand aside and just watch their economies burn. But as we've been witnesses to this year, they didn't do that. ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... Spanish bonds through its newborn OMTs which investors hope would short-circuit the further spread of the crisis. The EU powers-that-are could then be free to focus on banking and fiscal union. That, at least, is the prevailing rationale. But Europe ...

Welcome to the QE Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012

Treasury paper ignores responsibility: ACFS

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... analysis paper released today that while the changes generally appear warranted, wider ranging consequences of the increased powers need adequate discussion. ACFS research director Professor Kevin Davis said one issue of concern was the fact that regulated ...

Treasury seeks to boost APRA powers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
Proposed new changes from Treasury would see the prudential regulator awarded pre-emptive powers to remove trustees, directors or officers of a superannuation fund where a breach of law was anticipated. The move was part of a broad-reaching consultation ...

Two down, one to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... week while at the same time keeping Frau Merkel "lebe". These developments bring us back to my broader point that Europe's powers-that-are would do everything and anything in their power to keep the single currency area single. Next stop towards strengthening ...

Harsh ASIC ban on Seagrim slashed

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... administrative decisions made by the Australian Government and some non-government bodies, and can make orders in line with the powers of the organsiation which made the original decision.

Think big on scale, ORFR: APRA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... small scale," Jones said. "A well-performing small fund need not fear that APRA is going to misuse any of its scale related powers that we got last week. Our concern is long term performance - we're not taking any action against small funds because of ...

Super governance Bill passes amid cries of favouritism

BEN COLLINS, MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... legislation passing through Parliament last night, which gives the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) the same powers over superannuation funds that it has over banks and insurance companies. Passed on Tuesday by a margin of five, The ...

New AFS CEO

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... been acting as chief executive during the search period. "We believe we have acted properly and in accordance with the powers we have," said Burke in June.