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Kinks in Stronger Super armour

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... seen to publicly direct trustees to be aware of known risks... In some ways we can take liquidity risk - mentioned many times, for some kind of proxy for actually thinking about risks or investment decisions a lot harder than many funds did," said Mi ...

Bad news? Where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
The times, they are a-changin' - or more accurately, market sentiment is. The glass is no longer half-empty, it's half-filled and if leaks again, the Fed will be there to top it up. So half-full that our very own S&P/AX 200 index surged by more than ...

AFA releases draft code of conduct

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... a strong position and said the financial advisers owed a professional duty of care towards clients, and "must act at all times in their best interest." Further to the best interest component, the AFA's draft outlines policy in regards to conflicts of ...

KiwiSaver 5 years going strong

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... options reported average returns in the 12 months to March 2012, according to Morningstar NZ, of 5.1%. This is almost 4-times the 1.3% average for equity loaded Australian super fund default options, according to SelectingSuper. The top performing KiwiSaver ...

Much ado, no do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... stronger economic recovery and sustained improvement in labor market conditions in a context of price stability." How many times have we read/heard this before? Our dear Uncle said so much, yet conveyed nothing new. Perhaps, this is just the way he liked ...

Hunter Hall appoints ex-Perpetual CEO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... investor behaviour, government policy, and competitor innovation, and, drawing upon my experiences from both the good and tough times in the industry, I hope to help position Hunter Hall at the forefront of those changes," Deverall said. "Ethical investing ...

Six more staff to leave Wilson HTM

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... it's a very difficult market," he said. "I had an all-staff meeting and spelt out to the team that yes, these are difficult times, and volumes are low. But we're in a strong financial position, and our strategy is supported by the board." If people had ...

BRICs plus four will drive world investment returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... concept in 2001, said these markets will contribute more than 55% of world economic growth over the coming decade, nearly 3-times that of the US and Eurozone combined. This will translate into these growth markets making up 45% of world equity markets ...

Wen's visible hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... 7.6% in the year to the second quarter from 8.1% in the previous one. And so they should. We've already told them several times, didn't we, Virginia? We've told them that what Wen wants, Wen gets, when Wen likes. Earlier this year, Chinese Premier Wen ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... Dr. Doom's latest prediction will come good this time? Of course, it has. He's turned up heads while calling tails so many times that the law of probability would eventually catch up. But that's if you expect fiscal and monetary authorities would just ...