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Dear mom, all's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... too cold. Employment increased by 223K in April and the unemployment rate dipped to 5.4% from 5.5% in March. Good but not enough to sway the Fed to lift-off in June. This is because the April bounce in employment is regarded as a payback from the weather-affected ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... European indices also shot up on Friday as US job creation figures, while solid, were viewed by the market as not being strong enough for the US Federal Reserve to begin raising interest rates next year. The benchmark FTSE 100 index jumped 2.32 per cent ...

Don't overlook culture and discipline: MFS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... since inception in 1997. That compares to around 125% from the benchmark. In turn, the team also has the discipline to say 'enough is enough' and close strategies before returns are negatively impacted. Of around 50 strategies the firm manages, 13 are ...

Will nice numbers make RBA a bad guy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... after month after month --A factory orders ex-transpo was unchanged in March from a mere 0.1% gain in Feb. But it's good enough for them, good enough for Wall Street and the US dollar too which rose overnight because of the "solid rebound" in factory ...

Advice industry faces insurance quandary

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... risk is uninsurable at all or even that it's particularly difficult to get." But for instances where PI insurance isn't enough to compensate aggrieved consumers, Kahler argued that the proposed industry-funded scheme "makes a lot of sense", adding that ...

When?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... policy and the others, methinks the US dollar would stay stronger for longer. At least, until the greenback stays strong enough for long enough that it completely derails US growth momentum, forcing the Fed back into the war of the currencies.

Australians wary of new investments: Legg Mason

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... others in retirement. Asked what might derail investment goals, 32% of Australians said their biggest concern was not saving enough for retirement. A further 32% were concerned about outliving their retirement funds. The average age of Australians surveyed ...

Advance AM head of strategy steps down

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... only issue with Australia's prevailing asset management philosophy was that it was too tied to "economic data", and not enough focus was given to other factors such as investment psychology and geopolitical concerns. Explaining that his approach to investment ...

NAB to take "leading role" in advice remediation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... "own standards" in the past, but argued that even though "sometimes when issues get raised we don't deal with them fast enough, overall we do it well most of the time." He also argued that despite the recent scandal, NAB was one of the "first major institutions" ...

Hedge funds bare all to seduce instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... a great idea, an obscure philosophy, a chief investment officer with pedigree and the promise to deliver alpha are not enough in a market where the memory of the global financial crisis debacle is still fresh. "There is a lot of interest in the alternatives ...