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More flip flopping ahead for Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... and good and fine and dandy - But what if you don't have a darn clue what to wish for? And this, buddy, is Wall Street's problem. Should Streeters wish for strengthening, sustainable, organic growth in America's economy knowing that this would necessarily ...

Out of sight, out of mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... The mood's not only brighter in the relatively stronger economies of Germany, France and the Netherlands but also in the problem countries of Italy (up 1.5 points), Spain (up 0.1 point) and Portugal (up 1.8 points). To top this all, sentiment climbed ...

Planners must advise people, not portfolios

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
Financial planners need to focus on their soft skills to address clients' problems, as they keep in mind that they servicing not just portfolios, but people, trusted advisers say in new research. The research by the Association of Financial Advisers ...

AllianceBernstein launches tail risk protection strategy

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... bell and extreme outcomes tail off at either end, with negative outcomes on the left and positive ones on the right. "The problem with the concept of volatility as it is typically understood by risk-aware investment strategies is that it assumes a normal ...

Retirees could benefit from a vibrant annuities market

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... the experts - even implicitly - that's what you believe." Accurate risk communication is therefore integral. "There is a problem with the ability of financial advisers to communicate risk. Currently funds cannot, under Australian Securities and Investments ...

Tides to turn for Platinum: Neilson

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... institutions. "We've got the right people. And they're getting out and starting to remind people what we do," he said. "The problem is when you go through a bad patch, people start saying, 'Oh, well, have they got it?'" "But we think (we've still got ...

Variety of strategies needed for all-weather outperformance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
Slavishly following any single investment style, such as 'value', 'growth' or 'momentum' is unlikely to provide returns through all investment and economic cycles, according to Morphic Asset Management managing director and joint chief investment officer ...

Budget gets nod of approval from industry bodies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
Superannuation industry bodies have responded positively to last night's federal budget, generally agreeing that there were no major surprises. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos praised the government ...

Financial markets give the budget a big yawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... back at today's Budget predictions, we'll find that Swannie had been too conservative on growth. But that would be a good problem to have for Tony.

NZ Super offloads mining shares on RE concerns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super) has excluded global mining company Barrick Gold Corporation and its subsidiary African Barrick Gold from its $22 billion investment portfolio on responsible investment grounds. Barrick's mines in Papua ...