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May Day happy day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
You just gotta love this market, don't you think? It's swung from May day mayday to May day happy day in a span of less than 24 hours. Must be all those algos reading those cheery headlines overnight: US Jobless Claims Fall To 5-Year Low (WSJ) ECB 'ready' ...

Nominations open for AFA Excellence in Education award

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... the industry and in their local community. "Our education philosophy is simple: the aim is not just about acquiring technical skills and knowledge, it is about applying that knowledge and those skills," AFA head of Campus Nick Hakes said. "Adviser's ...

Regulation blamed for perceived fall in advisers' ability

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013

Rainmaker Group appoints Professional Standards Officer

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
Financial advice expert Trevor Harris joins the Technical Services team of Rainmaker Group this month in the newly-created role of Professional Standards Officer. In his new role, Harris will be responsible for the implementation and monitoring of the ...

Apps disappoint despite vast tech spend

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... According to BanterMob, 73% of mobile banking application users requested and suggested improvements, detailed bugs and technical issues, or expressed negative sentiments towards banking applications. It added that 29% of users reported bugs or technical ...

Collapse does not signal end of gold party

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... gold. "In our view it was a classic case of speculative investors taking advantage of gold-negative fundamental news and technical break-points to drive a self-fulfilling downward cascade of the gold price." He adds that while there are doubts surrounding ...

MLC awards mandate to US fund BlueMountain

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... fund that allocates capital across three broad portfolios strategies: fundamental, structured credit, arbitrage and technical. BlueMountain Capital has more than $13.6 billion in funds under management was co-founded by Andrew Feldstein in 2003. He is ...

Gearing strategies not just for retirees

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... benefits of gearing strategies, according to Bendigo Wealth. According to Julie McKay, Bendigo Wealth senior manager of technical and research, gearing - or borrowing money to invest - is not just for older, wealthy investors and there are potential ...

Super will improve under Labor: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... together representatives of the superannuation industry, small businesses, employees and the community sector, as well as technical experts and academics. "Our superannuation system needs to be fair, consistent, stable and it needs to be sustainable ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... this magnitude." LONDON - Leading European stock markets fell sharply on Wednesday as dealers locked in profits from a technical spike a day earlier and investors took note of disappointing US economic data. European equities had rallied in thin trading ...