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Polarisation of super dubbed "shocking" by UK manager

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... appeal. Russell Hogan, director at Dundas Global said that in terms of the self-directed retiree market, annuities are "no magic bullet," although they have a place alongside other income components. Hogan referred to the UK phased system where you don't ...

Playing with a loaded dice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... to no one that a renewed slump in the US housing market just adds another point to those expecting Uncle Ben to say those magic letters - Q and E. This didn't make the headlines but, there's also the brewing "food fight". Bloomberg Businessweek reports ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... road. Crisis averted... until the next crisis. This, or they finally "find a way to finally make it right" to "make the magic last for more than just one night".

BRIC slows on Europe woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... of 7.28% last night. Boyoboyoboy. Spanish yields eased to around 7.16% at the close. But hey wait, isn't this above the magic 7% which markets consider as the "request for bailout" level?. But hey wait, hasn't Spain just been promised a a,-100 bil rescue ...

Big Ben boosta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... Why we never last for very long What are we doing wrong Just once can't we find a way to finally make it right Make the magic last for more than just one night If we could just get to it I know we could break through it." It didn't take long, did it? ...

The times, they're not a -changin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... tried and tried and tried - five plans announced to date... and counting. And they'll continue to do so until they find the magic formula containing the three C's. In the meantime, forced fiscal rectitude and higher interest rates demanded on sovereign ...

Fed policy options galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... bankers on the 26th - yup, that's three days from now. Many of us are expecting our big bro' to pull another rabbit out of his magic cap. Then again, maybe not. That is if you believe recent headlines such as, "Bernanke may find that his options are ...

Digit says recession averted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... this, to me, isn't - not by a long shot. Not when the less volatile four-week moving average of claims remains at 400K - the magic number calculated by economists as that which separates job losses from job improvement. Just think how foolhardy this ...

Coaching tips invigorate adviser roadshow

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
Financial advisers were treated to a magical list, staff empowerment and "I've got the cookie" in a memorable coaching session on how to build an award-winning business at the Association of Financial Advisers national roadshow in Sydney today. Steve ...

You can't handle the truth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... economy slumps by 0.5% this year, equities drop by 15% and banks incur trading losses their holdings of sovereign debts. The magic eight include Banco Pastor, Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo, Banco Grupo Caja3, CatalunyaCaixa, Unnim of Spain, Eurobank ...