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Careful of the recession you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
More often than not, it's good to know that one is in good company. I bet not a few of you gentle readers believed more the "Fed would unwind soon" headlines than this column's musing that, "that time is not yet". Yeah, the equity markets' performance ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
The Australian share market is set for a small fall when it opens for the week. Wall Street provided a mixed lead on Friday night, with the main indices only marginally changed heading into a three-day weekend. At 0758 AEST on Monday, the June share ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... only big bank to open firmer. It had risen three cents to $28.16 by 1030 AEST. But, by 1040 AEST, all the banks were in the red, with ANZ shedding 27 cents to $27.86. The resources stocks were mixed, with BHP Billiton losing 21 cents to $34.67 and Rio ...

AllianceBernstein launches tail risk protection strategy

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
Tail risk, or the risk of suffering losses greater than statistically normal ranges, is a much greater threat to portfolios than volatility, global asset manager AllianceBernstein warns. Tail risk takes its name from the shape of the bell curve, in ...

MySuper puts focus on active tax management investing

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013

BT upgrades Asgard and BT Wrap ahead of FoFA

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
BT Financial Group has updated its Wrap Desktop and AdviserNET to assist advisers prepare for their Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) obligations. "Advisers now have administrative support for most of their obligations around fee disclosure statements ...

Rothschild credit fund soft-closes after solid family office inflows

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
Rothschild's Merchant Banking arm has soft-closed its Five Arrows Credit Solutions (FACS) fund at a,-235 million after seeing strong inflows from family office, high net worth and global institutional clients. The private debt fund is focused on the ...

Breaking the bad in the eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
Here's a quiz for you gentle readers, when was the last time you felt the fear over the prospect for the eurozone? It seemed oh so long ago, doesn't it? It appears just a distant memory especially when you look at the current performance of the Europe ...

SPAA, Deloitte join calls for SG deferral rethink

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) and consulting firm Deloitte have joined calls from other industry bodies to criticise the Coalition's plan to defer the increase to the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) by two years. The debate centres ...

Coalition super plan to harm retirees, low income earners

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
The Coalition's announcement that they would delay the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) increase would see millions of Australians move into retirement with inadequate savings according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). Last ...