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SFG Australia appoints executive

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... worked with John in prior lives and I'm looking forward to being able to work with him again at SFG, and in what are some pretty tough and interesting times in our profession, said Tony Fenning, SFG Australia's managing director. "John brings a significant ...

UBS launches MySuper designed funds

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... philosophical position, of which MySuper is a key plank, and I think that's something that the industry has broadly been pretty supportive of," said Ben Heap, head of UBS Global Asset Management Australia and New Zealand. "Super funds, dealer groups ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... domestic market had bounced back after last week's sluggish trading. "A number of large cap stocks that last week had a pretty unpleasant week are now getting some attention," he said. "I think there's a little bit of buying particularly in the top 20 ...

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... Discussions on cyberspace now revolve around what happens when - not if - Greece leaves the Eurozone. When that happens, it'll be pretty good for Greece. It'll be able to repudiate its debts and start all over again. Sure, it'll be pariah in the international ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... the same time, we have China PMI (purchasing managers' index) numbers to look out for so it seems like the event risk is pretty big at the moment. "After yesterday's big move high in the resources sector which took us near that 4,400 level, there's a ...

Sure 25 but maybe 50

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... that's going to tighten fiscal policy quite significantly. This is another attempt to try to rationalise what is really a pretty poor political commitment to deliver a budget surplus next year irrespective of the economic circumstances. I think that's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... and resource prices. "Most asset prices pulled back and commodity prices have struggled," he said. "Resource stocks had a pretty bad open. They are struggling as well today." However, he expects the Australian market to consolidate this afternoon following ...

Wheel of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... indicators still suggest a fragile recovery" last week. If the wheels of the virtuous cycle continue to turn as we expect, pretty soon even this caveat would be no more and the wheel of fortune will keep on turning.

A surplus in 2012/13, and then what?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... in the September quarter and 0.4% in the fourth quarter. And in case you're thinking of blaming Wayne for this, please, pretty please, don't. He wasn't "Finance Minister of the Year" for nothing. Blame lower company tax receipts, he'll tell you. "Collections ...

Where now brown cow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... historical average of 39% in 13 of the past 14 weeks. Unless an unknown unknown rears its ugly head, the year ahead is looking pretty.