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Litigation risk to force advisers into multi-asset options: Russell

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... the traditional mix of equities and bonds from Australia and overseas, specialised multi-asset portfolios also invest in gold and other commodities via ETFs, as well as private equity funds, hedge funds and other more complicated alternatives. This diversified ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... figures for October, at 1130 AEDT. Market consensus is for the economy to have added 5,000 jobs in the month. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,717.00 per fine ounce, down $US6.95 from Wednesday's local close of $US1,723.95 per ounce. National ...

ETP flows eclipse 2011 totals

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... Central banks in China and Brazil have aggressively lowered interest rates in 2012. Investors hedged risk by putting money into gold as Gold ETPs attracted US$10 billion over the three months to the end of October. "Global trends identified in the report ...

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 ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... The Dow gained 0.15 per cent, the S&P500 advanced 0.22 per cent and the NASDAQ ended up 0.59 per cent. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,686.10 per fine ounce, up $US6.72 from Monday's local close of $US1,679.38 per ounce. There were 243 stocks ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... elections. The Dow fell 1.05 per cent, the S&P500 eased 0.94 per cent and the NASDAQ ended down 1.26 per cent. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,678.80 per fine ounce, down $US29.35 from Friday's local close of $US1,708.15 per ounce. National ...

Uncertainty goes uncertainty comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
"The uncertainty is the worst"... I saw this story on theage.com.au website that quoted a certain Jessica Levitt - a resident of one of the Sandy-affected cities in the States - conveying her feelings in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy - reportedly ...

Advisers failing to engage disillusioned consumers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... sentiment and negative press, a panel of industry experts has said. Speaking at the annual AFA National Conference on the Gold Coast last week, industry heavyweights such as AMP managing director Craig Meller, CommInsure's Tim Browne, the Beddoes Institute's ...

Huge opportunity in untapped business insurance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... they lack the knowledge of how to get into the market," he explained in a masterclass at the AFA National Conference on the Gold Coast. Planners who were confident advising on personal insurance for their clients, he added, almost certainly possess the ...

AMP Capital attracts $872m from two new offshore investors

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... equity will be invested directly in the AMP Capital Retail Trust which has interest in the Sydney's Macquarie Centre and the Gold Coast's Pacific Fair shopping centre. The two new offshore investors include the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and ...