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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 ...

AMP SMSF appoints Burgess as new policy head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
AMP SMSF has appointed Peter Burgess to the new role of head of policy and technical. Burgess will be responsible for interpreting SMSF legislation to help with the development of SMSF advice as well as technical support for AMP's aligned planner network. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... jumped 1.91 per cent to 7943.87 points and in Paris the CAC 40 climbed 1.98 per cent to 3,805.37 points. "The rise is technical, done on very low volumes" after "two rather difficult last weeks of March," trader Xavier de Villepion at Global Equities ...

EM debt funds burst bond bubble fears

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
Despite fears of a global bond bubble, investors have poured into emerging market debt at record rates. Last year was the most successful on record for the asset class with inflows reaching more than $94 billion and average returns were in excess of ...

SPAA raises alarm on draft SMSF rules

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
... that found the related party rules for SMSFs are open to abuse. But SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) technical director, Peter Burgess, said, "The decision for the legislation to change the requirement from 'must not intentionally ...

ClearView appoints heads of direct and advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... telemarketing and strategic partners. Before that, he was the chief operating officer of InsuranceLine. "He brings much technical expertise, team work and leadership capability to make ClearView's Direct business a success," ClearView managing director ...