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Who's scared of Grexit or lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... forgiveness. But Grexit would not be bad too. It allows Greece to reset and the rest of its euro brethrens to stop throwing good money after bad. At the same time, it'll stop this seemingly endless anxiety over contagion whenever time comes for Greece ...

Australia sings hallelujah

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... rejoice... Nah, not because "wild card" Guy Sebastian made numero cinco at the weekend's Eurovision finals - well... if you put money that he'll make Top 10 then go ahead and show us those pearly whites. Let's rejoice for what that "Gal" who heads the ...

Low-cost super awash with inflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... gone from managing less than $1 billion to managing about $2.5 billion in the 12 months to December 2014. Recently Virgin Money also announced plans to ramp its superannuation offering, including appointing a new chief executive and entering a partnership ...

ASIC seeks more bans in SMSF advice crackdown

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... 200 SMSF investors (aiming to raise at least $20 million), to establish an offshore share scheme in the US and British Virgin Islands outside of ASIC's jurisdiction. Furthermore, the participants in this scheme (including others also named by ASIC) ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... relative to its level this time last year and get this, it's up by 14.8% from December 2013 (a month before taper started). Money's still awashing and its strong positive correlation with the S&P 500 index explains the continued bull run in the S&P 500 ...

Bond bears out of hibernation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... and the BOJ - nothing's stopping them from printing more and ensuring that yields stay low for longer. This, or all the money printing they have done (including the Fed's) and are doing, would have been for nought. No central banker would want that.

Virgin and Mercer announce super partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
Virgin Money Australia has announced the next step in the development of its superannuation fund. After appointing Greg Boyle as the company's chief executive last month, the company has entered a long-term partnership with Mercer. The partnership will ...

MyState appoints product and marketing GM

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... general manager, product and marketing. Prior to his appointment, Chris Thornton held marketing roles at AAPT, Dell and Virgin Money. Most recently he was head of brand and marketing for RAMS Financial Group. "We are delighted to welcome Chris to the ...

Floating in money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... last month." All these, against the backdrop of the "now" (not a typo, Mr. editor) normal of lower global growth. Spending money to make money. That's what the ECB and BOJ are currently doing with their QE's and in case you missed it, the BOE continues ...

The die is cast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... problems? Yes, 'the institutions' and Greece are rattling sabres again for another repeat showing of the Greek tragedy - the "money for reform" tragedy - but known in Greece as "money or we Grexit" thriller. But there was certainly no conflict of emotions ...