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All eyes and ears on Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013

Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Fed promise soothes Cyprus worries. These five words sum up the financial markets' performance while we slept. Good thing the US Federal Reserve's monthly FOMC meeting came when it did -- right in the midst of another bout of European contagion speculation. ...

The Celtic Tiger gets back its roar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
It's beginning to sound like a broken record ever since the Dow broke its 2007 record on the 5th of March 2013...and talks about the Dow are yet to stop - whether it'll continue heading higher, consolidate or reverse at some point. Guilty, your honour! ...

Refresher pause?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
I don't know if you're feeling what I'm feeling but I feel that the S&P 500 index is being quite a tease the past few days. While the Dow just went and did it - broken its record - the S&P 500 continues in flirt mode, heading towards it but not really ...

Managed accounts set for an overhaul

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... impact on their Net Tangible Asset (NTA) requirements," McIlroy said. Mason Stevens managing director and chief executive Tom Bignill added that the proposals clear out a lot of the grey areas that have dissuaded many financial advisers and investors ...

More than five minutes this time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
See how they run, see how they run. The DJIA continued to soar to new record highs and it won't be long now till the S&P 5000 joins in the fun - it's less than 21 points (1.3%) away from its own 9 October 2007 top. A few more good days - or one very ...

Bond investors beware interest rate risk

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... and fixed income experts, including global chief investment strategist Russ Koesterich and deputy chief investment officer Tom Parker, authored the report. In it they warned of 'major holes' in the great rotation theory and urged investors to take steps ...

Wall Street up till it was down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
This is absurd, I thought to myself when I woke up and saw Wall Street on the up and up, punctuated by headlines such as: "Dow Average Approaches Record After GDP, Jobless Claims" (Bloomberg) "Wall Street edges higher, Dow and S&P records a hurdle" ...

AIST appoints CEO

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... January. On Friday the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) said its executive manager of policy and research Tom Garcia would take the role. "Tom has played a pivotal role in driving AIST's advocacy on the superannuation reforms, governance ...

Anxiety over 'all-things super' takes toll on MySuper uptake

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... 1 January 2014 to lodge their application, Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) executive policy manager Tom Garcia said back at the start of the year that he anticipated most funds would look to get out of starting blocks as early ...