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LUCRF's new growth option targets lower volatility

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
LUCRF Super has launched a new member investment choice designed to offer growth with lower risk profile than the typical 'Balanced' option. The 'Targeted Return' option aims to return CPI plus 4% after fees and taxes with lower volatility than a typical ...

On positive contagion, reflation and the great rotation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
"I think I can make it now, the pain is gone All of the bad feelings have disappeared Here is the rainbow I've been prayin' for It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) Sun-shiny day." -- Johnny Nash, "I Can See Clearly Now" Remember contagion? ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a stellar performance on Wall Street at the end of the week with the Dow finishing above 14,000 for the first time since October 2007. At 0739 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures ...

Australia CEO axed in Russell restructure

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
Russell Investments' Australia chief executive Chris Corneil has been let go, following the departure of several key executives who have also left in recent months. Corneil has reportedly already finished at Russell Investments, and was made redundant ...

Frontier markets poised for strong 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
Frontier markets have begun 2013 strongly and will outperform their emerging markets counterparts over the next 12 months, according to HSBC Global Research. The MSCI Frontier markets index - which includes economies such as Nigeria, Qatar and Vietnam ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite falls on Wall Street and many European bourses overnight with investors still unnerved by US gross domestic figures. Investors were surprised by the US Commerce Department figures showing the world's ...

Conservative financial services job market in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
Most firms will be reluctant to add to their headcount and staff will be cautious about changing jobs in 2013, according to eFinancialCareers. The financial services recruitment firm said recruitment growth would be limited to areas such as regulatory ...

Platform asset-based fees under fire

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
The retail platform market is on the cusp of a revolution which will see standard asset-based pricing replaced with a fee-based structure, said Chris Wrightson, managing director of Centurian Market Makers. The business broking expert says that, in ...

TAL's Affinia hires for growth plans

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
Life insurance group TAL's new risk business Affinia has hired three regional managers to spearhead growth plans, it said yesterday. Affinia said that Jonathon Nguyen, Peter Nielsen and Paul Gaffney would become regional managers, and that each had ...

Open wide, come inside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
The Indian economy might have had a bad year in 2012 but its stock market continues to soar, outperforming its BRIC counterparts. The Indian economy's growth rate has come down from the double-digit pace recorded in 2010 to a mere 3.2% in the year to ...