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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following mixed performances on international markets overnight. At 0754 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was down nine points at 5053. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve ...

The recession we are promised to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013

Former First State Super director joins ACCC

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... was previously with First State Super for 13 years where she held a directorship. She was also a director with the Hunter Water Corporation. Prior to that, she has held a number of positions in both finance and utility regulation including at the Reserve ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... "for the foreseeable future", but Tokyo's advance was capped as the yen surged against the US dollar. The news poured cold water on expectations the central bank would start to pull back on massive bond-buying later this year, which has sent global forex ...

Lotsa data but no game change (yet)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
"Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink." Sure Virginia, there had been quite a number of data releases before, and while we slept, but they're not the sort that could be considered game changers. We still have to sit and wait for the more ...

Retirees warned: beware the 'great rotation'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
A global move from bonds to equities could see Australian retirees swimming against the current, according to a new paper by AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). The paper, entitled 'The Great Rotation', analyses the potential for a mass global move from ...

Trustees warned about unintentional SMSF contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees have been warned that unintentional or mistimed contributions could get them in hot water with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). "Even the most carefully constructed contribution strategy can fail if the timing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... in "the distant horizon", said Art Hogan of Lazard Capital Markets. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets mostly treaded water as traders digested better-than-expected German investor sentiment data and an all-important US Federal Reserve policy meeting ...

Mercer tests the water of 'fair capitalism'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
An exploration of systemic changes and 'fairer capitalism' is needed encourage longer term, more sustainable investment according to a recent Mercer paper. "The growing call for capitalism to be 'fairer' or 'more sustainable' is not going away. In fact ...

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 ...