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Retirees must invest in equities: State Street

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
Newly retired investors shouldn't underestimate the value of having growth assets in their portfolio, according to State Street Global Advisers (SSgA). Typically when saving for retirement investors are advisers to gradually step back their exposure ...

Investor cash obsession worries wealth creators

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
Despite growing speculation that the next bull market run is just around the corner, historically low interest rates, and a call by RBA governor Glenn Stevens for investors to return to shares, investors' remain unwaveringly committed to cash. Following ...

Worried about the US? Buy US Treasuries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012

Bubble forming in dividend stocks: Schroders

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... numbers seek safety in purchasing perceived stable cash flows at progressively higher prices, they will necessarily become less safe," he said. As a result, the fund manager has been gradually scaling back his positions in these stocks and adding to ...

Consumers clueless on retirement: Bateman

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... design to do. The research suggests that two thirds of people thought a balanced option was effectively another name for safe assets. "While only a third of people, had heard of an annuity, and only 48% were familiar with an allocated pension, the research ...

Franklin Templeton launches new global fixed income fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... universe of securities. "We believe that opportunities offered by assets perceived as having higher risks than the so-called safe havens of US, German and Japanese sovereign debt, such as corporate and emerging-market credits, continue to be attractive. ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite strong falls on Tuesday and a mixed performance on Wall Street overnight amid concern about Greece's debt crisis and a US "fiscal cliff" of spending cuts and tax hikes at year-end which threaten ...

Ex Deutsche AM chief joins Africa charity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
Former CEO of Deutsche Asset Management Australia, Stephen O'Brien has become a director of the Oasis Africa charity. Since exiting Deutsche Bank, O'Brien has been working with the team at Oasis Africa Australia, a charity that raises awareness and ...

Investors need mid-term protection: BT

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
There is a need for investment products that provide flexibility and confidence over a mid-term investment horizon, said Rodney Greenhalgh, head of retirement at BT Financial Group. After spending over two years working with advisers and investors ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... United States and a rally on Wall Street have boosted Asian markets, while growing confidence in the global outlook kept the safe-haven yen under pressure. The latest statistics from Washington follow data out of Asia earlier on Thursday that showed ...