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ASX rally won't last: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
The stock market will not maintain its recent momentum through 2013, says Ben Heap managing director UBS (Aust/NZ). Buoyed by renewed confidence in the global economy, higher commodities prices and the US clawing its way back from the edge of the fiscal ...

VicSuper adopts fresh approach to sovereign exposure

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
Victorian superannuation fund, VicSuper recently made significant changes to its core international fixed interest portfolio to better manage what it regards as heightened global sovereign risk. Working with investment adviser Towers Watson, fund manager ...

Qsuper to champion tailored options

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
A recent move to individually tailor the investments of a Queensland Government super fund is a sign of things to come, said an industry expert. Qsuper, which invests nearly $40 billion dollars worth of retirement savings for Queensland Government employees ...

Family office and HNW clients overlook best cash deposit rates

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... now, some currency deposits, such as the Swiss franc and euro, are negative meaning you pay the bank for keeping your money safe! In Australian dollars, some deposit rates are as low as 3% for $20 million." Geary highlights the example of UBS AG, Switzerland's ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... from Germany and Spain, while shrugging off news of North Korea's rocket launch. With investors becoming more confident the safe-haven yen came back under pressure ahead of a general election in Japan on Sunday and expectations of more monetary easing ...

Pension funds reckless on climate risk: Hewson

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... Hewson. "With around $60 trillion under management the investment decisions made by these investors will be critical to a safe climate and our future prosperity. "The survey found many funds don't even have a climate policy and many that did hadn't changed ...

Down, down interest rates are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012

Advisers leaving out ESG

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
Financial advisers should share some of the blame for the slow uptake of retail-level Environmental, Social and Governance investments by their clients, said industry insiders. It isn't necessarily true that responsible investments mean less return ...

Coming in 2014: Aussie recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... Steen's forecasts, Swedish and Norwegian bonds have fallen by 7 basis points. Swiss ones dropped by 30 bps. Which one's the safe haven? 7 Swiss National Bank (SNB) wins and catapults the euro-Swiss franc currency comparison to 1.50 Euro-Swiss franc exchange ...

Bear market end in sight: AMP Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... market benefited from a quantitative easing fuelled rally only for eurozone debt-to-GDP fears to scare everyone back into safe-havens. But now AMP's chief economist says that the secular bear market is showing signs of giving way to a long-term bull ...