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Yes, no, I don't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... swooned. Then on Twitter, Robin Harding twittered (or is it tweeted?), "But people need to chill out. The Fed does not leak anything to any journalist to steer markets - especially during blackout". Wall Street rebounded. If ever there was a time we ...

Still in Goldilocks land

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... Wednesday, all will be revealed. I hope, wish and pray that, this time, uncle Ben ditch the Fedspeak so as not to leave anything to the vivid imaginations of bloggerattis and financial 'experts' alike. Just look at the nightmare of volatility his 22 ...

Fund manager dismisses super fund fee demands

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... fact, however, that the largest proportion will not add value," he said. "It would be inappropriate for super funds to be anything other than cognisant of fees when they award mandates." Platinum does offer its investors an alternative fee structure ...

Study finds dark pools damage market quality

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... confirmed what many already suspected about the state of US markets. "The extent of fragmentation in the U.S. outstrips anything we see elsewhere, although Europe isn't that far behind," he said. "The fact that this huge level of complexity results in ...

Sinking emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... But nah. While Wall Street rallied following the release of the US non-farm payrolls report for May, it hasn't settled anything about whether dear Uncle Ben would taper or not. There was something for everyone. Stimulus tapering is coming soon because ...

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 ...