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Chinese small-and-mid caps undervalued

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
Volatility goes hand-in-hand with investments in emerging markets, but valuations for small-and-mid cap Chinese stocks means it is time to buy, said one of Asia's best performing boutique asset managers. Company earnings will decline in the short term ...

Murdoch defies shareholder sentiment

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... Corp's share price has seen a slight rise since the annual meeting as investors continue to respond positively to the group's plan to split from its troubled newspaper assets.

netwealth adopts Morphic Global Opps Fund

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
The recently launched Morphic Global Opportunities Fund (MGOF) has been adopted on its first multi-user investor platform following its recent link to the netwealth Accessible Managed Funds Menu. General manager of investment and distribution at netwealth ...

Future Fund 'under-resourced' on climate risks

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
Still smarting over a Senate Committee gruelling over its tobacco investments, the Future Fund - the largest fund in Australia - is being accused of insufficient transparency over climate-change risk mitigation within its portfolio. A FOI search two ...

Wen again gets what Wen wants

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
Gung hei fat choy! You read it right Virginia. It's the greeting we hear (if I spelled it correctly) when the Chinese New Year comes around. For like Halloween and Xmas, it also appears to have come early. Sing Hallelujah! Sing it. Sing Hallelujah! ...

Advisers force life premiums down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... products, according to ClearView's Clive Levinthal. A recent joint study by the life insurer and industry information supplier Plan For Life shows that premiums have fallen consistently since 2004. Life Cover premiums from December 2004 to June 2012 ...

It's raining, it's pouring good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... anytime Spain can call on the infantry - oh ok, the ESM. It's a sort of a bailout without asking for a bailout. Under the plan, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) would pre-approve a bailout for Spain but funds would be disbursed only when the Spaniards ...

Countplus partners with Hood Sweeny

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
ASX-listed Countplus has acquired a 25% stake in South Australian based professional services firm Hood Sweeny. Under the agreement, Hood Sweeney will continue to operate independently under its own Australia Financial Services Licence and Australian ...

Public pension deficit exceeds $1trn

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... own research and equates to a funded ratio of just 67.8%. The 100 plans in the study encompass the pensions of 23.7 million plan members. Becky Sielman, author of the Milliman Public Pension Funding Study says that pension plans are working hard to close ...

Special bond issues could fix unaffordable housing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... owner-occupier housing developments. In August the Australians for Affordable Housing (AAH) organisation released a four-point plan they hope will stir debate around how to correct what they claim is unbalanced tax treatment (of investment housing) that ...