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Benchmarked inflation protection doesn't stack up

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... dynamic investment process is based on scorecards used to measure the strength of a view, which then determines the magnitude of positions to achieve the target return. "The risks are that inflation outcomes will be higher than the market's expecting ...

Aus can deal with another GFC: Shorten

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... "While contained for the moment, the risk of a much broader freezing up of capital markets and a global crisis similar in magnitude to the Lehman crisis remains. In particular, the willingness of markets to finance the deficits and maturing debt of high-income ...

BT aligned advice boutique appoints new chief

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... to the newly created chief executive role at Queensland advice boutique MQ Financial Services. MQ operates under the Magnitude Dealer Group license, which is part of BT Financial Group, and has a staff of 14 authorised representatives. Most recently ...

Dead calm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... scared the markets off, it's these headlines. In our current highly volatile trading environment, rises and falls of this magnitude are considered calm trade action. Equities bounced around last night as they do every single day, but not the sort of ...

Perspective not perplexing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... recession. However, it's also safe to assume given current trends that countries ex-euro won't be contracting by the same magnitude they did during the GFC. Putting things in perspective this way makes it clear that it's really not a bad outcome as some ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... currency has traded between 105.25 US cents and 107.53 US cents - its highest level since September 1. Mr Burrowes said the magnitude of the rally wasn't as strong as it could have been, as most of the details of the package had already been known to ...

BT regroups for market push

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... banking group as well through the independent financial adviser market and our aligned dealer groups, Securitor and Magnitude," said Cooper. As part of this restructure, several new divisions have been introduced while others have been internally reshaped. ...

Time to call it quits - again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... manipulation." That may be. But automatic stop-loss trades would only be triggered if stocks fell by a certain pre-set magnitude. Something would have to cause the fall in the first place. Somewhere on blogosphere there was an item mentioning Moody's ...

BTFG new head of prac mgmt

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... development and delivery of key financial planner services to all our Advice businesses: BankSA, Bank of Melbourne, Magnitude, Securitor, St.George and Westpac," said Mark Spiers, general manager advice, BTFG. Additionally, Hall will be responsible for ...

BT Group profits rise $29 million

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... billion in the six months to March. The group includes brands such as Asgard, Advance Asset Management, BT, Securitor, Magnitude and the advice operations of BankSA, St George Bank and Westpac. In overall Westpac results, revenue fell 3 per cent to $8.35 ...