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FoFA future uncertain as Palmer threatens to join opposition

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... representative Clive Palmer told the ABC AM program that after the FoFA regulations came in today "no investor can rely on anything that the adviser tells them, they have to take it on by themselves." "But I'm sure that when the senate comes back this ...

James knows when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... Fed. Though I could also be wrong - the fool - and the economy could suddenly go rip-roaring over the next six months (anything is possible) and the Fed lift rates early. But this is also good. There'll be jobs galore and spending and profits to be m ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... simple fact is the appreciation of the Australian dollar will be extraordinary..."... and this, "I can't see that there is anything to knock it off its perch because it's not only the strong Australian dollar, it's also the weak US dollar," Mr Smith ...

The kindness of central banks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... up and over the 2,000 milestone... and there'll be bad hair days that could prolong it. But absent Murphy's Law - if anything could go wrong, it will - 2,000 here we come! It'll get there. And where Wall Street goes the world follows - European stocks ...

'Weaven model' would get best infra deals: IFM

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... everything is done. "While this reduces the uncertainty from the government's perspective, it also means you might have anything from two or three to five or six consortiums who have got to have a separate construction company, who have got to have a ...

Waiting for the ECB to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... linger that Super Mario's coming back to save the eurozone. The European Central Bank (ECB) could be announcing something (anything) to ease monetary policy when the Governing Council meets two days from now on the June 5th. Inflation's crying for action. ...

So bad it's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... investors anticipate a rosier second quarter. Duh! With growth like this (er, contraction), there's no reason to expect anything else but a spring back in spring. (There's also Aunt Janet ready to pounce if it doesn't - "monetary policy is not on a pre-set ...

Let's talk about VIX baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... which, the European Central Bank appears to have reached that "if necessary" stage and is expected to do something - anything - as soon as next month. The central banks got our backs! So despite the sabre-rattling between the west and Russia, the military ...

FSC serves boutique with 'surprise' exit fee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... seeing any value in remaining a member. "Nobody here had had any involvement in the working committees, I hadn't seen anything that I'd regard as beneficial to us as an ethical fund manager, and indeed as a boutique. I have a view that the FSC has shifted ...

Growth and consequence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... that whatever happens GDP growth would surge in the first quarter as Mr. and Mrs. Watanabe stock up on everything and anything they're money can buy before the consumption tax rises from 5% to 8% (starting on 1 April). It'll be easy peasy for the BOJ ...