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Sell everything (again?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/02/11/rbs-cries-sell-everything-as-deflationary-crisis-nears/) - referring to a client note produced by RBS on the 8th of January. Among the notes' key points are: The major correction sparked by China would ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... of stating the obvious, the report says cities at or near the bubble risk zone face a higher risk of a large price correction if macroeconomic settings and momentum changes sharply. "Hong Kong has flirted with a bubble since 2011, while Sydney's market ...

UniSuper reflects on investment highs and lows

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... how you work the numbers, valuations can look expensive or reasonable buys. "Notwithstanding that we expect to see a correction in property at some point, we are currently inclined to hold because (a) we expect bond yields to remain low for a long time ...

Time to fear the no "fear gauge"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... likely. There is even greater to fear for the rising stock prices born of complacency could bring about an even greater correction. The Fed, itself, has warned about complacency breeding excessive risk taking many times before. Guess we'll find out over ...

IFM Investors appoints independent chair

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
IFM Investors has appointed an independent chair to the investment advisory committee of its IFM Australian Infrastructure Fund. Brad Vann is a legal practitioner with almost 35 years' experience in the delivery of infrastructure projects. He has advised ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... in March. Eurozone industrial production Industrial output in the Eurozone decreased by 0.8% in February a partial correction to January's 1.9% jump in production. Still, this was more than market expectations for a 0.7% fall. Output of non-durable consumer ...

Economic uncertainty demands agile insto investment

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... affected by rising interest rates, while 90% of SWFs and government pension fund respondents said an equity market correction will have a moderate or significant impact on their investment strategy over the next three years. As uncertainty persists ...

Housing market set to flat line not crash: QIC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... service their debt. For QIC the Australian housing market remains "cautiously optimistic" and rather than a significant correction or burst, QIC sees a period of flat lining prices with pockets of weaknesses, such as inner city apartments in some capital ...

Australian pension market still global leader

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
Australia is not only one of the biggest pension markets in the world, it is among the fastest growing. Willis Towers Watson has just released its 2016 Global Pension Assets Study and it reveals that Australia's US$1.5 trillion pension asset pool is ...

Behavioural coaching is the best route to 'adviser alpha'

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... usually occur on average every three years. The last one in Australia was relatively mild in 2011. The most recent correction is again, relatively mild in historical terms, especially next to the global financial crisis. Bear markets account for about ...