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The coming 2013 crash according to Paul B. Farrell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... that taper's back off again. Nothing fresh, nothing new. Even the ECB and the BOE that met last night decided not to do anything with regards to their respective monetary settings. I can torture you with the same spiel I've been writing about these past ...

Only half Britons saving enough for retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013

More flip flopping ahead for Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... nursery rhyme at this very point in time. Either this or they're singing, "When you wish upon a star". For if you do, "anything your heart desires will come to you". Well and good and fine and dandy - But what if you don't have a darn clue what to wish ...

Midwinter puts planning software into the cloud

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... personal information. "The idea came from looking at industry funds that have calculators and we realised that there wasn't anything similar for advisers," Midwinter managing director Julian Plummer said. The software offers the possibility of the head ...

Study highlights honesty of LinkedIn users

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... of an information verification system. As with other social media sites, LinkedIn essentially allows members to post anything they like, true or not. The study also found 60% of directors consider experience to be the most important element of a person's ...

Financial markets give the budget a big yawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... for all the revenue raising and public savings measures he's dishing out on us, Australians all. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that - some of the budget measures were, in fact, commendable. But aside from the 0.5% increase in the Medicare ...

Women don't trust financial advisers: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... within the society, they need to spend more time building trust and knowing what women want before trying to sell them anything," Russell said. The researchers are now preparing a questionnaire based on the preliminary findings. Over the next months ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... exports. This, though, is still work in progress if the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) latest world trade forecast is anything to go by. The WTO cut its estimate for global trade growth to 3.3% this year (4.5% previously) from 2.0% in 2012 because ...

Brogden reaffirms campaign warning to politicians

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... Custodians would be established to assess future policy against the Charter of Superannuation Adequacy and Sustainability. "Anything that depoliticises superannuation is a good thing. We will be seeking assurances that it is fully and genuinely independent ...

First quarter (w)innings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
... the first three months of the year 2013 munching on egg-shaped chocolates - big and small - for if the first quarter is anything to go by, financial markets could look forward to more kinder surprises for the rest of the year. Yes folks, the macro theme ...