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Lucky in so many ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... growth, the repayment on a new loan on a median-priced house as a share of average income is now at its lowest for a decade (except for the 'emergency' interest rate period in 2009)." Scared over the potential for another credit freeze? Relax. "The share ...

Alternatives beyond reach for in-house

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
Pension funds bringing research in house might need more staff than they think to internally manage alternative investments with any success. "One of the issues with alternatives is that the burden of due diligence is very high. At my last job we had ...

BT hones tech for advice scale

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
BT Financial chief Brad Cooper's strategic focus on cross-selling wealth products to Westpac customers will be helped by a multi-pronged technology-based approach. Mark Spiers, BT's general manager of advice said technology will be a key battleground ...

Uncertainly good or bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... kingdom come. Like this post by Zarathustra. While he admits that, "...in terms of data, we do not have too many indications except that June is not going to look too great' he has plenty "outside macro data... which suggests slowdown and troubles everywhere". ...

Two cuts and a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012

Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... rose by 0.7% in April - the third straight month of increase and better than expectations for only a 0.4% gain. All good. Except that, buried deep inside the "feel good" headlines was the US Conference Board's report showing that consumer confidence ...

Older investors dumping equities

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... analyst investment markets research Belinda Allen. The index indicates a low preference for equities in all age groups except for investors under age 35. Investors in the 35-49 year age group showed similar investment behavior to those of the 50-59 years ...

BRIC slows on Europe woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... total US$70 billion to increase the IMF's firewall protection fund by US$430 billion as announced last April. All good except that while you and I and Irene were transfixed with the goings-on in Europe, recent stats show that the BRICs may also be about ...

PPM moves to meet IMA demand

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
Private Portfolio Managers has appointed Andrew Beirne to its team in anticipation of continued growth in demand for individually managed accounts among family offices, charities and wealthy individuals. "Investors are increasingly rejecting managed ...

Still a guessing game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
"Confusion raining down from up high And all the time you ask yourself 'why?' Why can't you make decisions Can't make up your mind." -- Confusion, The Zutons This, Virginia, sums up the current state of the markets. With so much uncertainty around ...