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The road to ruin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
In case you missed it, former US Federal Reserve Alan 'el maestro' Greenspan has just declared Greece dead - well, almost. No way out. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Greenspan declared that the "chances of Greece not defaulting are very ...

Fear is in the air

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... so bad that the World Bank downgraded its world growth forecast for this year by an astounding, off the edge of your seats, eye-watering 0.1 per cent to 3.2 per cent from the 3.3 per cent it predicted five months before. The World Bank maintained its ...

China not exporting inflation: AMP/AXA

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
The investment world has its eyes firmly fixed on China and rising inflation. The ease with which it side-stepped the GFC has investors worried that growing inflation will necessitate strong policy intervention which will inhibit continued growth. "The ...

Same time last year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... rates." The wording maybe different but the song remains the same: unsatisfactory growth because of slow job creation and an eye on inflation. There goes QE3. Big Ben's words murdered the fledgling rebound on Wall Street earlier in the day - the S&P ...

GDP down no reason to frown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
It's all over the news, the Statistician will soon confirm that the Australian economy stumbled in the first quarter of 2011. All eyes would be glued to monitors everywhere when the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report on the National Accounts ...

Bravura's new CEO eyes Aus wealth market

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
Wealth management software provider Bravura Solutions has appointed Tony Klim as its new chief executive officer, based in London. Klim has been with the company since February 2008 as chief executive officer for Europe, Middle East and Africa, where ...

Planners eye SMSF property

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
Industry associations are supportive of the trend for real estate firms and financial planners teaming up to target self managed super funds but are wary of the pitfalls. Self managed super fund trustees are increasingly adding property investments ...

Profits fly high on planes

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... increase. Colin Storey, the former chief financial officer of Qantas, sits on IGAF's investment board, ensuring a keen analytical eye scrutinizes every deal. He told Financial Standard that high oil prices were not necessarily more risky for airlines ...

Back office firm eyes super growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
Back office administration firm MainstreamBPO has re-branded its Group Benefits business to SuperBPO as it continues to target new super fund clients. SuperBPO provides member administration, unit pricing and accounting to industry, corporate and retail ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... country's debt rating outlook. Trade was muted ahead of a key policy decision by the US Federal Reserve, while dealers also had an eye on the release of corporate results in Japan, which began after the market closed. Tokyo gained 1.39 per cent, with ...