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Lost

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
"I'm in a place where I don't know where I am!" -Homer Simpson I have to give it to Homer. He cut to the chase and burped out what every economist and financial market expert are afraid to admit these days - that we simply don't know. Ergo (sounds sophisticated ...

Hyperion builds investment team

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... Arnold, Hartnell's track record in financial and strategic analysis will make him a valuable asset for the team. "Will has a sound understanding of the Australian equity market through his experience in working with PwC. He is an extremely valuable addition ...

Direct insurance 40% of market by 2021

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
Directly sold insurance will comprise 40% of the market within a decade and intermediaries need to be prepared to work with the growth channel rather than see it as a competitor. In 2010-11 it already accounted for 25% of life insurance sold in Australia ...

Wins and losses in PC default super report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... appointed. The core outcome of the report is that the PC has said the criteria APRA will use to authorise MySuper products is sound and will be a reasonable basis for assessing default super funds. Following on from this PC has said employees should ...

AGEST merger put on hold

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... services and superannuation Bill Shorten, said that the measures "removes a barrier that would have prevented otherwise sound superfund mergers from proceeding." "We haven't abandoned the merger, we are just waiting until the legislation goes through," ...

Gen Y's more financially independent

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
At a time when Baby Boomers are suffering a sharemarket hammering, fewer GenY children now expect financial assistance with the purchase of their first home than in previous years, according to RaboDirect. According to the latest RaboDirect National ...

More SMSF trustees go it alone

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
A desire for control and growing pressure on fees are the main reasons SMSF investors are relying less on advice, according to the latest Vanguard and Investment Trends Self-managed Super Fund Report. The use of advisers by the SMSF sector declined ...

Business wary of PE: PwC

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
Businesses are wary of sourcing funding from private equity investors, according to research released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The report surveyed 1000 businesses with an annual turnover of between $10 million and $100 million. Of those businesses ...

No random walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
As surely as night follows day, an up day on Wall Street followed the previous one's down. Over the past seven trading days, the S&P 500 displayed this classic sawtooth pattern. Here are the stats - and the rationales as headlined: 06 June: Up 2.3% ...

Volatility predicted for emerging markets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... denominated bonds." Despite the short-term volatility predicted, Osses believes the long-term outlook on emerging markets is sound, with many implementing a number of structural improvements in fiscal and monetary policies over the past decade to improve ...