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Omega bullish on sovereign investing

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... risk. Mathew McCrum, joint head of investments at Omega said that lowly indebted nations are currently doing well and that safe government bonds are doing even better. He noted that Australians have been underinvested in government bonds, because they ...

Fund managers bullish on Asian bonds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... securities, Pidgeon said. "Historically emerging market assets offered potential yield enhancement but were not considered a safe haven. However, the resilience of Asia's corporate debt fundamentals is now making Asian debt and bonds more appealing." ...

Yield at any cost flawed: GSAM

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
Uncertainty has caused a preoccupation with yield and safe haven stocks, said Goldman Sachs Asset Management's head of Australian equities. Cost pressures, low productivity and the impact of a strong Australian dollar are causing uncertainty, despite ...

Zelman opens new advice business

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
Melbourne-based life insurance specialist Aaron Zelman has opened up a new risk advice practice under the dealer group Synchron umbrella. The new advice practice, LifeScope, was created to provide expert risk-only advice to business owners, executives ...

Super funds out-perform TDs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... for a non-super investor. Falling interest rates should also boost bond returns especially when combined with Australia's safe haven status that has seen government bond yields fall to almost 3.2%. The strong bounce-back in default super fund options ...

APRA issues final Basel III reforms

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has issued the long awaited final version of its new bank capital rules, known as Basel III, which are scheduled to come into full effect from next year. The Basel III capital framework was introduced ...

Star alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... that this is because of Australia's positive growth and interest rate differentials as well as its new-found status as a safe haven currency owing to Australia's relatively better fiscal position. Unintentional or otherwise, the Fed, the ECB and the ...

New MLC product protects retirees from volatility

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
MLC has outlined plans to launch a new MasterKey Investment Protection product to help Australians protect their retirement savings from ongoing volatility in equity markets. MLC's new retirement product offers two forms of protection, protected capital ...

Banks take Bell Group case to High Court

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
The consortium of 20 banks involved in Australia's longest-running court case is seeking leave to appeal to the High Court. The banks, led by Westpac, lost an appeal in Western Australia's Supreme Court last month on a 2008 ruling that ordered them ...

Q3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... last year until the Employee Benefits Research Institute (ebri) updates its data at the end of 2012 but I think, it'll be safe to assume that 2011's allocation -- or even 2012 -- has not deviated much from what it was in 2010. Despite the naysayers ...