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Boiling frog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
Slow cooked. Is the Reserve Bank of Australia slowly boiling the Australian economy alive? I refer, of course, to the story of the 'boiling frog' - often used as an anecdote to describe the financial markets' failure to respond to significant modifications ...

Sucked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
Sucked in...again! Who was? Is? Will be? As the Dow Jones Industrials Index flips and flops on both side of the 10K divide, talk of a 'sucker's rally' have resurfaced. But it could also easily be a 'sucker's correction.' Readers who have been following ...

Aus custody back on uptrend, NCS still tops

ACSA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
The Australian custody industry has posted a 3 per cent growth in total assets under custody to $1.68 trillion in the six months to June, with National Custodian Services (NCS) still the biggest player in the sector. The Australian Custodial Services ...

Of population growth and surpluses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
Since we're still into discussions of the alphabet these days, did anyone notice Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan mention the 'S' word last week? It was during his address to formally launch the Australian Institute for Population Ageing Research ...

FSA fines firm for bad advice

FSA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
... per cent discount. Had the firm not settled it faced a $38,000 fine. "This fine puts investment advisory firms on clear notice that they must have the right arrangements in place to ensure that suitable advice is given and recorded," said Margaret Cole ...

Aussie dollar rises to restore equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
... game. The recent surge in the Australian dollar's exchange rate versus the American greenback has most investors taking notice and is feeding the gossip mills. And why not? The Aussie has jumped to around US$0.8550 - a 42 per cent jump from the US$0.6036 ...

U V W X Y Z

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
What's this? We're back into discussing the alphabet soup of the coming recovery? Would the global economy's recovery take the shape of a V? Will it be a U or a W? My oh my Virginia, I'm getting tired and very ill with all these discussions. For me ...

ASIC slaps six year ban for MIS fraud

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... retail clients to acquire interests in the scheme, when the scheme was not registered. ASIC found that despite being put on notice in May 2005 that the scheme was contravening the Corporations Act 2001 (Corporations Act), West continued to operate the ...

Templeton and TAAM top EM review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
... developed market rally has also helped the emerging markets deliver strong returns in the short-term and investors are taking notice with record net inflows into the sector's funds totalling $30 billion in the second quarter of this year. Steven Sweeney ...

UCSuper appoints IUS as insurer

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
The Uniting Church Superannuation Plan has appointed International Underwriting Services as its new insurer. UCSuper, which had $244 in funds under management at 31 December last year according to Rainmaker Information, signed a deal to bring on IUS ...