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No more fear - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... US$124.03. I don't have to remind you what this does to disposable income, the cost of production, inflation and by extension, its braking effect for more monetary policy stimulation. And then there's Factor X - whatever that may turn out to be. Remember ...

Fears Volcker Rule will hit sovereign bond trading

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... legislation is now up for public consultation with the consultation window being extended until next week. Contributing to the extension are fears among central banks around the world that if the Volcker Rule does not exempt trading in their sovereign ...

HFT and dark pools keep ASIC on its toes

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... integrity rules, according to one industry expert. Australian Securities and Investment Commission's (ASIC) announced an extension of submission deadlines last month from January 20 to February 20 following the large volume of industry response to the ...

APRA MySuper changes burden for industry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... should only be responsible for licensing the ability of the trustee to offer MySuper products, which would be a natural extension of its current role in licensing trustees," BTFG wrote. "The proposed approval process will limit the ability of funds to ...

Extending the extended extension

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
... yesterday, the US Federal Reserve gave financial markets another something to celebrate. It is extending the extended extension. Following its regular Federal Open Market Committee meeting yesterday, the Fed announced an extension of the already extended ...

A liquid Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... in the financial and economic landscape or that the re-liquification announcement is just a re-announcement with an extension. The swap arrangement is already in operation after the Fed revived it in May last year - after closing the 2007 programme in ...

Super industry responds to MYEFO

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... Standard, Treasurer Wayne Swan released the 2011 12 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) which included the extension of a draw-down relief for account-based pensions, something which Cooper said highlights serious superannuation flaws. As Challenger's ...

Super funds evolve towards direct property: AMP

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... space," said Judd. "We have seen ARIA become more active through Eureka because as these funds grow, it is a natural extension of their capacity and portfolio construction to desire good investments and to build their own direct real estate portfolio. ...

MGD Wealth appoints Select to LDI portfolios

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... appointment of Select to manage critical aspects of our liability driven investing investment strategy is a natural extension of our integrated advice model that is clearly working in the best interests of our clients," said Brett Schmidt, Director and ...

ANZ buys 100% of Linwar Securities

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... outright in 2007, it also received E-trade's 50% stake in Linwar Securities," said Foley. "For ANZ, it was a natural extension to purchase the balance because we own E-trade. We signed an agreement to purchase earlier this week." Linwar will move into ...