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No QE, not bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
Guess we're no longer BFF (best friends forever) with Ben. No sir, not after he quashed everyone's hopes that QE the third is about to sail. How could you do this to us BFF? It's all over the headlines: "U.S. Stocks Fall as Fed Minutes Damp Stimulus ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on Wall Street following indications the US Federal Reserve is worried about a hiring slowdown but appeared unlikely to buy more bonds to boost the economy. At 0650 AEST on Wednesday, the June ...

Super scale requires immediate action

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
Super funds must act on scale now if they are to perform well under the Stronger Super reforms, according to a retirement head at Mercer, with forward projections a necessary outcome. Under the Stronger Super reforms, super trustees will have to determine ...

Business continues to resist 12pct SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
The superannuation industry might have unsurprisingly welcomed the passing of the SG increase, but the business lobby is continuing to voice its opposition to what it sees as a de facto tax rise. Speaking on ABC radio last week, chief executive of the ...

Can't fix what's not broken, yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
It's that time of the month again folks - the time when we try to second guess what the Reserve Bank of Australia will do to interest rates. Will they? Won't they? Cut interest rates, that is. They will, then again perhaps they won't. Yes, Virginia ...

Wheel of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
One quarter down and so far... so fantabolously fabulous. Oh yeah, oh yeah. Those of you who are omni-connected to your iGadgets would no doubt have read the news by now (nay, two days ago) about how Wall Street's two most watched indices - the Dow ...

CFD providers form industry body

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
Australian Contracts for Difference providers have announced formation of a self-regulating industry forum to enhance operational efficiency and investor protection. The forum has established 16 standards that go over the existing regulations for the ...

Boring same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
Move on people, nothing to see here. There were no significant portends from data releases overnight - nothing that would make ordinary investors jump with joy or hang their heads in sorrow. A fine excuse for us Australians to head for the pub early ...

Market ripe for private equity

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
Institutions deleveraging to shore-up balance sheets is leading to a buyer's market for private equity, according to one provider. "In Europe alone the banks need to deleverage their balance sheets by 1.5 to 2.5 trillion euros," said Reto Schwager ...

A surplus in 2012/13, and then what?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
"We are on track for surplus in 2012-13, on time, as promised..." These were the words spoken by Australian Federal Treasurer and Euromoney Magazine's "Finance Minister of the Year" (2011) Wayne Swan in May last year as he delivered the Australian Budget ...