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Lift-off on Carney's mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
It's now safe to go back in the waters... This, perhaps, was what's in Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney mind when, a day after news of the Greek deal, he told the UK Treasury select committee that: "The point at which interest rates may begin ...

Glass-Steagall Act reintroduced to US Senate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... legislation has been sponsored by GOP, Democrat and Independent Senators Elizabeth Warren, John McCain, Maria Cantwell and Angus King. A statement issued by the fiercely pro-consumer and Wall Street protagonist Senator Warren, said: [the legislation] ...

Chexit, Checcident and Chimbo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
Chexit, Checcident, Chimbo OlA(C)! OlA(C)! OlA(C)! A$ down... and the RBA didn't even have to lift a finger. Yes Virginia, it didn't happen overnight but it did happen. The A$ broke below US$0.74 (US$0.7398) last night - the first since mid-2009 - despite ...

Sherwin principal faces court for SMSF fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
Sherwin Financial Planners principal, Bradley Thomas Sherwin, has faced court for causing self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees to lose $10 million. Sherwin was also chairman of failed business Wickham Securities and was banned from financial ...

The Fed is Greek too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... implied two rate rises in 2015..." This is where the Fed finds itself among the Greeks. It's doing a Sissyphus - the Greek king punished to roll a rock up a hill to see it roll back down again and again... and again... forevermore. For no sooner as lift-off ...

Is content king for super funds?

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
Publishing is a daily mainstream activity for superannuation funds yet it requires a different set of rules and skills than pure fund management to engage the public sphere. Equipsuper strategic marketing and communications executive officer, Geoff ...

APAC fastest growing region for millionaire investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
Asia Pacific is the region where the number of high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals grew faster during 2014, the World Wealth Report found. The 19th edition of the report by Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management revealed that high net worths ...

Westpac to raise capital by divesting BTIM stake

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... our capital ratios, while still maintaining a significant interest in BTIM," Westpac Group chief financial officer Peter King said, but added that "the strength and the importance of the relationship remain unchanged." BTIM chief executive Emilio Gonzalez ...

BOJ in (tactical) retreat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
"It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) sun-shiny day." -Everlife Equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town bounded sharply higher while you, I and Irene were still in the stage of REM sleep as optimism returned - more specifically ...

Australia a priority for HSBC despite job cuts

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
HSBC said Australia is a priority market, but has not confirmed if the decision to cut 25,000 jobs globally will affect the business down under. The group confirmed that it wants to reduce its risk weighted assets by 25%. To achieve that, it will sell ...