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Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... markets reacted to real fundamentals. Suddenly, bad news is no longer good news as the markets' reaction to the Fed's extension of Operation Twist until the end of the year showed. But in so doing, the Fed might have added to the tail risk that is the ...

Fed twists again like it did last summer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
Is this all we get? No, QE? Just an extension of what we've seen over the past year? Not happy Ben. Wall Street's disappointment became evident as soon as the US Federal Reserve's decision hit the screens shortly after midday NY time -- the Dow dropped ...

Pop goes the QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... Fed practically announced the day before that QE is on its way. Atlanta Fed president Dennis Lockhart said that and extension of Operation Twist (it ends at the end of this month) is an "option on the table". San Francisco Fed president John Williams ...

All juiced up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... longer realistic, further monetary actions to support the recovery will certainly need to be considered" and that an extension of Operation Twist is an "option on the table". Hip, hip. But like bad news, don't good ones also come in threes? You must ...

AIA innovates around adviser feedback

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... Terminal Illness, Intensive Care and Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest benefits under the income protection range; and the extension of the Elective or Cosmetic Surgery benefit to all income protection policies. The Priority Protection improvements were ...

Bumps along the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... government spending - welfare and social order - and lesser consumer spending and sales than would have been and by extension, below trend growth. Renewed doubts over America's trajectory (am hearing whispers of double-dip again people), and now fresh ...

Hedge fund investors win in fees makeover

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... investors, the research also proposes fee structures would include appropriate hurdle rates, non-resetting high-water marks, extension of the performance fee calculation period, claw back provisions and reasonable pass-through expenses.

CPA responds to advice exemption

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... by running to some unrealistic, artificial deadline where there is no absolute imperative." The decision to grant an extension to financial advisers followed consultation with representatives from the financial planning, tax and accounting bodies, the ...

Investment FUM nears $1.4 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... private equity which increased 28%, Infrastructure (up 18%), hedge funds (up 17%), Australian fixed (up 12%) and active extension (up 11%). The five slowest growing asset classes over the year were ethical/SRI which contracted 29%, "other" assets not ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... clear news from the G20 meeting in Mexico over the weekend could also be fuelling uncertainty. Euro zone debt and an extension of bailout funds were to be key focal points at the summit, he said. "Whenever there's a lack of clarity or a little bit of ...