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How advisers are managing US election concerns

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... that, as has happened in previous geopolitical events, markets don't like uncertainty so they should expect more choppy trading ahead. "We wouldn't advice drastic moves or shifts in the portfolios at this time," he said. Even prior to the US elections ...

Trump bigger than Brexit

ALEX BURKE, DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... the initial overnight reaction in US stock futures was negative, although the major indices flipped positive in early trading Wednesday after Trump's conciliatory acceptance speech. Meanwhile, US Treasury yields were higher with a steeper curve, and ...

Clinton or Trump or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... surrounding the 2016 US presidential polls at least in the short term... whoever wins. Not only are financial markets trading on the side of caution - the VIX "fear" index has risen another 2% at the close of trade last Friday to a reading of 22.5, the ...

Watermark launches global market neutral LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... aiming to raise $110 million in the WGF IPO with an issue price of $1.10 per share; the offer is open until December 9, and trading is anticipated to start on December 21. "Given the current sustained low interest environment, combined with the complex ...

Trump and Brexit comes back to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... uncertainties may prove the certainty of the "January effect". This holds that the stock market's performance in the first five trading days of January - or the entire month of January -- determines the market's returns for the entire year. The S&P 500 ...

ASIC permanently bans dishonest adviser

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... financial services. Ashley Howard was banned after an investigation found he had engaged in dishonest conduct, maintained that trading he was conduction was authorised, provided unlicensed and unauthorised financial advice and engaged in conduct that ...

Court blocks IOOF class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... inappropriately handled allegations of corporate misconduct within the firm's research division, including claims of insider trading and misrepresentation of performance - information obtained via a whistle-blower. On Friday the Victorian Supreme Court ...

Infrastructure critical for super returns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
... infrastructure projects. "In an era of below-trend growth, Australia needs to find ways to increase capital expenditure; investors trading existing assets for short-term gain are doing little to increase either growth or productivity," author of the ...

PM Capital LIC director resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... Reeve-Parker has been with PM Capital Asian Opportunities Fund since April 2014, one month before the company started trading on the ASX. No announcement has been made regarding a replacement for Reeve-Parker as yet. Last month's quarterly report from ...

Antipodes LIC launches on ASX

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
After closing above $300 million, the Antipodes Global LIC has debuted on the ASX. Trading at $1.11 per share, the LIC is designed to provide retail investors with access to a long-short global securities investment portfolio with active currency management. ...