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LIC helped by high gold and cash exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... investment officer Peter Hall said the portfolio's relatively high weighting of gold and cash, and low exposure to European financials meant "we were well positioned for the Brexit shock and the negative sentiment that persisted over global markets." ...

K2 hurt by Brexit call

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... and added around 350 basis points of exposure. In addition, we entered the UK referendum with 25% exposure to global financials. One of our UK bank holdings, Lloyds, fell 25% in the five days following the vote," Neal said. He added the Brexit outcome ...

UBS Microcap fund added to Macquarie Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... outsized performance. Morningstar director of manager research Tim Murphy said: "The ASX large-cap sector is dominated by financials, and to a lesser degree the large resource stocks, whereas small caps have much greater diversity across industry type ...

PROFILE: Metlife chief executive Deanne Stewart

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... comes to financial services and the difference between making a good decision and a bad decision as it relates to your financials can really mean the difference between a really good retirement and not so good retirement. "That need for advice and to ...

ASX ranks third in global sustainability survey

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016

Largest five banks all Asian

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... though it would rank second if it followed the same accounting principles as the Chinese banks. US banks report their financials under US GAAP, while the largest Chinese banks report under the IFRS accounting principle. Under US GAAP, banks report the ...

Government help needed to remove innovation obstacles

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
... Wealth Management head of investment strategy David Sokulsky, Martin Currie Australia senior research analyst for the financials sector Matthew Davison and Lighthouse Infrastructure managing director Mitch King. Though the panellists were broadly positive ...

Equity benchmarks too risky amid volatility: SSGA

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... dampen returns for investors whose portfolios are built around benchmarks. "The Australian equity market is dominated by financials and commodity-related sectors in terms of market capitalisation and for benchmark-driven investors this could continue ...

SMSFs ramp up trading in turbulent markets

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... making up more than 30% of SMSF holdings, followed by materials (10%), telecommunications services (7.3%), diversified financials (5.8%) and food and consumer staples (5.7%).

FEATURE: The great race to invest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... and 501 advisers showed that the average number of shares held by an SMSF is 18, with more than 50% of these being financials or resources. "The large portion of assets that SMSFs continue to hold in direct shares, and the increasing levels of excess ...