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NZ finance companies risky long term: S&P

Standard & Poor's (S&P's) have issued a warning to investors saying that New Zealand finance companies, while currently popular for their high short term returns, are in fact a "vulnerable" and risky investment in the long term. S&P's credit analyst ...

Equipsuper replaces outgoing chairman

Equipsuper has appointed a former Director of National Australia Bank to replace the outgoing chairman and independent trustee board director. Cathy Walter, who has also held positions as managing partner of law firm Clayton Utz and as commissioner ...

Index for the smart, hedge for the stupid

LA-based investment theory and practice guru Rex Sinquefield entertained, enlightened and provoked the audience at the FPA conference last week when he questioned returns made by hedge funds and called those who invest in them "stupid". "Many people ...

Daily Economic Update

Australian car buyers continue to feel the pinch of higher petrol prices. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today reported that sales of new motor vehicles dropped by 6.7 per cent in October. Sales across all vehicle types posted declines during ...

Weekly Economic Roundup

Australian financial markets produced a positive performance during last week's trading activity. A strong uptrend in gold and copper prices supported the Australian dollar, rising to US$0.735 at the close of last week's trading after opening at US$0.728. ...

QIC turns absolute for global fixed interest

QIC has launched a global fixed interest (GFI) product with an absolute flavour that aims to focus on active alpha rather than benchmark returns. The GFI fund claims to offer clients exposure to fixed interest active returns without the market exposure ...

IOOF to launch TAPs platform

In his speech at the company's annual general meeting yesterday, IOOF's chief executive office Ron Dewhurst said that they will launch a new platform for Term Allocation Pension products, as part of their ongoing campaign to increase their market share ...

World markets getting risk averse: State Street

Global markets have tipped the scales during October to be more risk averse, after a very buoyant September. Ryan Shea, vice president and senior market strategist at State Street Global Markets, says, "Something changed in October and investors became ...

Succession planning driving advisers more than sales

Financial advisers are putting succession planning ahead of 'sales focused' priorities such as lead generation and marketing, according to a recent AXA industry survey. Steven Davison, AXA distribution planning manager, says, "[There has been a] significant ...

Cromwell Diversified Property Trust gets thumbs up

Leading property investment research specialist Property Investment Research (PIR) upgraded the rating of Cromwell Diversified Property Trust (CDPT) from AA- to AA, elevating it to one of the highest rated property syndicates in the market. CDPT was ...