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There's the good news and the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014

One-stop-shop firms surge to gain scale against big instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
The number of partnerships and mergers between financial planning and accountancy firms is increasing as independent businesses brace to gain scale against the big institutionally-aligned groups. Industry concentration in the past years has strengthened ...

Think Holden, think not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... loss-making industries? "What about putting it into profitable infrastructure or elsewhere." In...so freaking...deed! It's time to stop mollycoddling an inefficient and loss-generating enterprise and instead focus on industries where Australia has a ...

Insto investors urged to challenge private equity ethics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... In 2011, a number of significant PE investors including the Victorian Funds Management Corporation and UniSuper decided to stop making new commitments to PE in favour of other asset classes, in the wake of the 2010 Super System Review (Cooper Review). ...

Unwind for Xmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... what the fudge? The unemployment rate fell to 7.0% in November - if I remember right, that's the threshold when taper talks stop and taper act begins, is it not? If I also remember right, markets were under pressure early last week because of fear of ...

Santa Claus is comin' to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013

Investors unwise to flee emerging markets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
Investors should not interpret the performance differences between developed and emerging markets as a decoupling of the link between them, according to AllianceBernstein fund manager Morgan Harting. Emerging markets have performed poorly this year ...

FoFA boosts advice business valuation

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... of client and trail revenue. "Cross-selling opportunities with accounting clients, along with the ability to offer a 'one stop shop', are the drivers here," Birt said.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... the US economy was running "far short" of its potential, which traders have taken as a sign that the money printing won't stop anytime soon. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan described the gains of about 1.0 per cent on the local market ...

Move the goalpost Mark

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... below the BOE's target of 2.0% next year. Then again with the going, going good on the UK economy, it would be difficult to stop rate hike speculations -- speculations that could undo the good goings. Perhaps, Governor Mark could move the goalpost. Say ...