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Flash Boys is 'complete nonsense': CMCRC

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... advantage for any one participant. "Sure it costs a bit more money," he said, "but the same story explains why individual investors went to mutual funds in the first place - because it cost too much to trade as an individual." The comments follow reports ...

Bubbling bubble?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... also because investor sentiment is in neutral... literally. According to the latest American Association of Individual Investors' (AAII) Sentiment Survey, "Neutral sentiment, expectations that stock prices will stay essentially unchanged, rose 3.2 percentage ...

FEATURE: Insuring against longevity risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... retirement income has been the allocated pension which is the accumulation phase in reverse. Superannuants remain individual investors, but shift their assets into more defensive portfolios. When you draw down on the last of your allocated pension then ...

ASX managed fund service gets go-ahead

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... registered simple managed investment schemes to sell units via the ASX and not used paper-based transactions. Individual investors or their advisers will be able to buy units in the managed funds through their broker. Already the service has 60 'foundation ...

Republicans vote that advisers have no best interest duty

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... take on a fiduciary duty, SIFMA adds: "This proposal would lead to a number of negative consequences for individual investors, including limiting investor choice, limiting investor access to education regarding retirement accounts, and increased costs ...

Rational exuberance?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... the central banks' got our backs. Just how bullish is the market? According to the American Association of Individual Investors' (AAII) latest survey "Pessimism plunged to a 21-month low and optimism rose to a 10-month high..." in the week ending 23 ...

HOSTPLUS targets SMSFs with direct infra option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... looking at getting exposure to unlisted property and infrastructure - asset classes which are difficult for individual investors to access due to the size of the investment required. The HOSTPLUS pooled trust will also have no minimum investment. However ...

ASIC warns consumers about NRAS property ads

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... market value. NRAS aims to encourage larger scaled property investments (usually 100 or more houses). However, individual investors can access the scheme through an approved participant. The Department of Social Services publishes monthly reports on ...

Former Deutsche exec launches investment firm

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... Kennedy Investments. Kennedy Investment is based on a "cyclical" approach to investing, and will be open to individual investors, companies, trusts and self-managed super funds with over $500,000 available to invest. "Cyclical investing recognises cycles ...

EBX launches online tool to purchase endowment bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... the chosen year. EBX expects its main distribution channel to be financial advisers and accountants, but individual investors and self-managed super fund (SMSF) holders can also benefit from it. "It is an ideal tool for SMSF to construct their own cash ...