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Corporate governance still needs to improve in Asian markets

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Corporate governance is still an issue of concern when investing in Asian markets and while international financial centres such as Singapore or Hong Kong have improved tremendously, there are still problems that need to be tackled. A survey conducted ...

Super needs to forget about politics

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Superannuation has to move away from the daily political noise and adopt a long term approach, AustralianSuper CEO Ian Silk said yesterday at the AIST's Conference of Major Super Funds in Brisbane. "Superannuation tax concessions are costing over $30 ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
The Australian share market has opened higher amid views that investors over-reacted to Europe's debt problems with heavy sell-offs on Monday. Monday's falls in Australia were the heaviest of the year (above two per cent) but a relatively muted response ...

So stupid it could actually make money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... banking holiday - extended to three days - there'll certainly be one hell of a run on banks (or is it away from banks). The problem is what happens in Cyprus does not stay in Cyprus. As Paul Krugman wrote in his column in 'The New York Times', "It's ...

US advisers don't understand clients risk tolerances

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... only interaction before determining the risk model that parallels the appropriate asset allocation." Newcomb said the problem this creates is that the standard risk profiling methods are reinforcing the disconnect between advisers' understanding of their ...

CORRECTION: Unfair 2-and-20 fees cast shadow over future of VCs

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... does not resonate well with the decision makers. "For the winners on the industry, the 2-and-20 fee is a fair thing, the problem is that tail end of underperforming funds where management fees are in lock-up, that is what has killed the industry over ...

Investors overlook US recovery

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... consumers had now paid down debt to pre-GFC levels and the certainty that now existed following the complex sequestration problem as clear signs of an improving economy. But the big surprise brimming him with confidence was the improvements shown in ...

Pricing of unlisted assets call for new model: Northfield

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... structure of the model and update it to include that so the model adapts and learns as the market changes," he explained. The problem in the market right now is that investors don't have enough data and when they do, they have their own different models ...

Green, green grass of home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... unwinding policy stimulus. This brings us to valuation - valuation based on expected earnings. And that precisely is the problem, valuation based on expectations is probably as good as nil because actuals almost never meet expectations. They could be ...

EM corp bonds better than US: CFSGAM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
Investors can get a better return on emerging markets corporate bonds than they can on US corporates with the same credit rating, according to Colonial First State Global Asset Management's Helene Williamson. Previously only deemed appropriate for speculators ...