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Western recovery expected to lift Asian stocks

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
Hope of recovery in the developed world, improvements in China and Gillard rhetoric around the 'Asian century', have combined to create a golden opportunity for investment in Asia, according to Certitude's Craig Mowll. Mowll, chief executive of the ...

van Eyk awards small cap managers' highest rating

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
van Eyk Research has awarded three funds its top 'AA' rating in a new review of the small cap sector. Lead analyst on the review Varun Venkatraman said all the strategies reviewed had outperformed both the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries index and the S&P/ASX200 ...

Act soon on Johnson Report: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
If the Federal Government is serious about exporting financial services to Asia, it must put in place all the recommendations suggested in the Johnson Report by the end of 2013, said the Financial Services Council (FSC). After the Gillard Government ...

Westpac warns tough year ahead

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
Westpac's full-year statutory net profit has fallen 15% to $5.97 billion owing to a one-off tax benefit last year. The tax gain is related to the bank's takeover of St George, which pushed last year's profit artificially higher and made this year's ...

A week full of question marks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
Now what's wrong this time? The US Bureau of Labor Statistics released the 'mother-of-all-economic statistics' at the end of last week's trading and it was good. But how did Mr. Market react? He thought it was good too until... he didn't. The S&P 500 ...

Poisoned chalice awaits next US president

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Whatever the outcome of the US election, the President will have to face up to fiscal cliff or jeopardise the global recovery, according to Standard Life Investment's Andrew Milligan. With both presidential candidates rounding the final corner of their ...

Beware greedy SMSF intermediaries

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Competition for business amid the rapid growth of the SMSF industry is in danger of diluting the quality of service for the end client, according to a number of industry professionals. India-based Sundaram Business Services has been operating in Australia ...

David Hunt joins RI Advice

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
David Hunt, former group head of licensee select at BT Financial has joined RI Advice as northern region manager. RI's chief executive Paul Campbell said "David is the ideal fit for our business, with proven success in partnering with practices to drive ...

Gen-Y teach old dogs new investment tricks: RaboDirect

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
They may take exponentially longer to leave home, and have unrealistic job expectations, but Gen-Y are better with their finances than originally thought. According to a survey commissioned by RaboDirect, Gen-Y's financial know-how is often better than ...

Bond CFDs, charting tools now on Saxo platform

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Saxo Capital Markets (Australia) Pty Ltd has added CFDs on government bonds to the existing range of asset classes available to trade, plus new charting tools to assist investors with greater information. Available on SaxoTrader, SaxoWebTrader, SmartMobileTrader ...