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They will or they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
We're heading into the home stretch folks. Soon we'll find out the answer to that seemingly eternal "will they, won't they" question? The German Constitutional Court will deliver its verdict on the legality of the EFSF/ESM rescue fund and the US Federal ...

Adelaide adviser facing sentence

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
Former Adelaide adviser Robert Owen Bean has appeared in court on 52 charges of engaging in dishonest conduct including accusations of misappropriating over $3.1 million of client funds. In May 2011, the corporate watchdog permanently banned Bean from ...

Joyce Phillips appointed to FSC board

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
Joyce Phillips, CEO, global wealth & private, ANZ, has been appointed as a director of the Financial Services Council (FSC) at a board meeting on 23 August 2012. Phillip's election means the FSC's board is now at full complement with 14 directors. "Joyce ...

Faith in monetary policy spawns new investment theme

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
AllianceBernstein's global thematic investment team has adopted a new theme focused on zero interest rate policy designed to focus on the impacts of monetary policy as the fiscal driver is lost. Fallout from the GFC resulted in heightened cyclicality ...

Super Mario to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
"We have just taken a very important decision, it is a fully effective backstop for removing the tail risk of Europe." With these words, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi put a stop to months of speculation, hearsays and guesswork. Mario ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian sharemarket looks set to open one per cent higher after the European Central Bank (ECB) announced measures to help tackle the region's sovereign debt crisis. At 0813 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Australia: all good and wishing for the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
It's her birthday and she'll cry if she wants to. Economic growth of 0.6% in the June quarter and 3.7% over the year marked exactly 21 years since Australia last experienced a recession. Yes folks, a year and 20! America has had 2 since then - Q1 to ...

Put up or shut up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
Pa-lease stop with these nudge, nudge, wink, wink already -- and ease up on the promises and pledges while you're at it. No, I speak not to you Virginia, but it is to Ben and Mario I direct my displeasure. I've been watching the markets for decades ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
Australian shares have opened flat due to a lack of direction from the US after Wall Street was closed for a public holiday. At 1014 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 1.2 points, or 0.03 per cent, at 4,328.5 points, while the ...

Plug the $1 trillion savings shortfall: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
New research has prompted the Financial Services Council (FSC) to call for longer working lives, to plug a massive retirement savings hole caused by people outliving life expectancies. Australians who live longer than current life expectancy will face ...