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A question of trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... of richer, more complex societies possessing more information and analytical resources, the 24/7 operation of financial markets and a competitive media searching for content". But was kind enough to add, "And to a point, it is perfectly reasonable to ...

SMSF direct property investment jumps 60pct

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... Investments Commission (ASIC). In its submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Home Ownership, the primary financial markets regulator revealed that as of March 2015, the value of residential real property investments through SMSFs was $21.78 billion ...

Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... outlook for this year to 2.5% from the 3.2% it predicted only three months before. Talk to the hand Christine! The financial markets' sanguine reaction suggests that players have already factored in one -- or even two (as rumoured) -- Fed lifts. That's ...

Round and round we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... we go again, 'twas another deadline - 15 July - another missed deadline on the ever-spinning Greek debt saga. Financial markets - well, except for those not labelled Greece anyways -- don't seem to be perturbed though. And just as I typed on this space ...

Chartered accountants' response 'clumsy'

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... professionals. NZICA effectively held a statutory monopoly in New Zealand until 2012 when the newly established Financial Markets Authority accredited CPA Australia for auditing work under incoming legislation, which put it on a more equal footing with ...

Lift-off on Carney's mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... his warning that the BOE is close to lift-off unravels all these good developments, he was quick to reassure financial markets and economic agents and households that, "Once rates begin to adjust, we expect for those adjustments to be at a gradual pace ...

Zurich appoints investment specialist

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... Pengana Capital, Perennial and Murray Johnstone. "Charles brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience in financial markets to our team. His profound expertise covering equity markets will no doubt provide great insights for our clients and investors ...

Chexit, Checcident and Chimbo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... indeed. The "good" negative yarns being, China's economy is in trouble now, its efforts at liberalising the financial markets would be stymied - take two steps backward at worst, it won't be included in the MSCI emerging markets index now... and other ...

Stirred but not shaken

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
Was that it? No fire sale? Have the financial markets lost their marbles? Haven't they read the headlines about Greece turn from gloom to doom and yet... there were no massive sell orders? Or, not enough buy-ops. Equity markets closed down, a bit, - ...

A Greek offer that cannot be refused

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
There's a certain sense of insouciance in the financial markets despite the expected unexpected happened - Greece defaulted on its 30 June deadline to repay the a,-1.5 billion it owes the IMF - and depending on what happens on the 5th of this month ...