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No need to fear 1994-style crash

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
The US Federal Reserve will get their policy action right, and there is no need to fear a 1994-style crash in bonds, according to Fidelity Worldwide Investment head of quantitative research David Buckle. Global bonds and equity markets have shown signs ...

Study finds dark pools damage market quality

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... far behind," he said. "The fact that this huge level of complexity results in poor results for investors shouldn't be a surprise to anybody. The bigger question is what to do about it? Research like this is important in defining the issues and is a vital ...

Fracking shock in store for US

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... according to Nikko Asset Management chief executive Charles Beazley, who thinks the performance of the US economy will surprise everybody. New fracking technologies have recently made it economical for the US to access its large shale gas and oil resources ...

Li gets what Li likes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... for three-years running are the same number of years Julia and Wayne were in government. It would be baby, what a big surprise, if they don't milk this report to their advantage. But will Australia be top of the pops again next year? Nah, not because ...

Careful of the recession you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... Italy and Spain, respectively. Latest data show that Italy has an unemployment rate of 11.5% while Spain's is 26.7%. No surprise for these economies that contracted by 2.3% and 2% in the year to the first quarter of this year, respectively... while at ...

ASIC drops charges against Westpoint directors

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... Proceedings against former Westpoint directors Norman Carey and Graeme Rundle have collapsed after the regulator discovered a surprise document, two weeks into the trial. The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) said it had disclosed ...

Budget gets nod of approval from industry bodies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
Superannuation industry bodies have responded positively to last night's federal budget, generally agreeing that there were no major surprises. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos praised the government ...

RBA to raise rates in Wayne's world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... budget surpluses provide the RBA "maximum flexibility to cut interest rates." Swannie even took credit for the RBA's surprise 50 bps reduction in the cash rate to 3.75% about this time last year handed down a week before Budget night. "Surpluses that ...

Top-down approach wins in post-GFC world: Hexavest

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... manager has analysed the correlation between investment returns and news flow -- as expressed by the Citigroup Economic Surprise Index -- and found that in the five years preceding the GFC the relationship between the two was incredibly low, even negative ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... recently, investors are probably looking to lock in some gains," Rivkin global analyst Tim Radford told AAP. "If we see a surprise upside in the Chinese PMI (manufacturing) figures it will support commodity markets and the miners but there is more of ...