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St George head of advice joins Anne Street

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... specialised SMSF training. The firm has also engaged an independent expert and hired a head of risk and compliance. Correction: This article has been updated 9/2/2015 to remove references regarding the company being under an EU with ASIC. This is incorrect ...

Divestment more political than financial: PWC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... notwithstanding the subsequent fall in the share prices of many of the divested investee companies following the energy market correction, which seems to have neutralised the campaign against the fund. PWC Asset Consulting commented: "Whether you agree ...

Magellan ups cash weighting ahead of market volatility

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... Asset Management raised the cash weighting in its Global and Infrastructure funds in anticipation of a possible market correction in credit and equity markets. In a note sent to investors, Magellan chief executive and chief investment officer Hamish ...

Fossil fuel divestment gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
... as the companies the ANU fund divested from are down an average 13% in the past three months following the massive correction being experienced by the global resources sector that is being reinforced by the collapse in global energy and oil prices. Indeed ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... in the wake of good retail sales data had fizzled out suggested that the US market may be overvalued and due for a correction. He said a third factor affecting the Australian market on Friday morning was the expected release later in the day of more ...

Are we there yet?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... thinking... most knew these goings on, but chose to ignore them. If this indeed is the big one - the beginning of the correction the bears have been peddling - why now? Perhaps, it's the calendar. I can only surmise that market players are front running ...

Now where have I heard that before?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... falls on Wall Street - yup, those ones that almost always begs the question, is this the one (the start of a bigger correction) or another dip begging to be bought? This time it's the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that did it. Its crystal ball now ...

New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... Dow's down 1.4% (with Transport down 2.5%); the S&P 500 fell 1.3%; the Nasdaq's off 1.6% and the Russell 2000's now in correction land with its 1.5% overnight decline marking a 10.2% drop from its March high. We know what usually happens when Wall Street ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... the June quarter reversing the 6.0% growth spurt in the previous period. Not to worry, this is expected - a natural correction to the front loading of purchases ahead of the 1 April tax increase - says the BOJ. This is expected to "wane gradually." In ...

A tale of two A's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... Place. More so if Citi currency strategist Todd Elmer's prediction that, "More likely it is the beginning of a deeper correction" comes true. As long as it's an orderly correction, that is. A trip down memory lane shows how the dollar-A's depreciation ...