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UBS small cap SIV fund gets Zenith tick

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
The UBS Australian Small Companies SIV Fund has been given a 'recommended' rating by Zenith Investment Partners. The fund was launched into the Australian marketplace in September 2015 and is designed to meet the SIV emerging companies criteria. It ...

SMSFs hurt more than APRA funds in downturn

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
The SMSF segment of the superannuation system suffered more in the recent market correction, the latest APRA figures for the September quarter show. Total super assets dropped in the September quarter by 1.6% from $2.03 trillion to $1.99 trillion. For ...

December moves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... recession now. Recent data flows aren't encouraging either. Retail sales have been decelerating - minus 0.2% in the year to September - so is industrial production - minus 0.7% over the same period - so is the September Tankan survey of large manucfacturers. ...

UK regulator targets conflicts in investment consulting

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
Asset consultants could be in the firing line as the UK's financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), sets competition and conflicts of interest within the asset management industry in its sights. The heads of the UK's largest pension ...

Disruptive companies make great investments: Marsico

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
Disruptive companies are proving fruitful investments for US-based fund manager Marsico Capital Management, which hopes its focus on new technologies and innovative business models will distinguish it from established Australian global equities specialists. ...

Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
"One concern was that such a delay, if the reasons were not well understood by market participants, could increase uncertainty in financial markets and unduly magnify the perceived importance of the beginning of the policy normalization process." This ...

The Fed could get it wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
"If anything can go wrong, it will." - Murphy's Law No Virginia, I'm not feeling particularly glum and gloomy today just putting my shoe on the other put and wondering what if the Fed gets it wrong? The timing of the lift-off, that is. The financial ...

Pepared for "lift-off" watch out for "ceasing"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
'Twas the month before lift-off, when all through Wall Street not a creature was stirring, they do not weep." My apologies to Clement Clarke Moore for butchering his immortal poem but I find his words fitting - with a few adjustments - during this time ...

Japan does a double double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
It appears that for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) it's not a case of "be careful what you wish for..." and positive thinking for it's not working positively on its economy. Despite repeating the mantra that the economy continue to recover moderately and that ...

Paris adds to the "why nots" for a December lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
Media coverage and expert analyses of the brutal terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday the 13th continues to this day. We extend our deepest sympathies and prayers to all Parisians - their families, friends and loved ones - and other citizens of the ...