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Managed accounts forum sold out, 2015 adviser survey results revealed

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... managed accounts will be revealed. Managed accounts have existed since the 1990s but the past 24 months have witnessed a spike in adviser interest, thanks to more financial advisers offering MAs to their clients and more MA providers launching into the ...

August angst to September mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
For a while there last week, it seemed the financial market storm has come and gone... and it was safe to go back into the risk waters. Financial markets are again in upheaval and fear is once more on the rise - the VIX index spiked 10.5% overnight ...

The horse still refuses to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
The tsunami that has swept the financial market world last week right through to Monday has left and gone... and once more, the sun shines and the sky's blue. This means that the Fed can go ahead and lift, right Virginia? More so after last night's ...

Chinese whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... the 8.5% biggest one-day drop since February 2007 makes for good headlines, but it's still within the realms of the recent spike in volatility in the Chinese equity market we've seen over the past few months. Nothing China's powers that are couldn't ...

Higher US rates will test investors' nerves: QIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
Interest rates in the United States are expected to increase over the coming months, a change that will deliver higher returns, but will also test investors' nerves, QIC said. QIC is anticipating that the term premium, the compensation required by investors ...

Instos overconfident on drawdown risks

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
Institutional investors might be too confident that their downside protection strategies can cope with market drawdowns. A recent report by State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) found investors largely rely on a small number of downside protection strategies ...

Expert issues cyber-attack warning

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... the new, faster payments environment. "When the UK, Canada and other countries went through a similar process, there was a spike in digital banking fraud attacks such as account takeover and identity fraud," she said. "Faster movement of funds means ...

Bond bears out of hibernation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... bond prices are falling, which means bond investors are losing. The financial presses are filled with stats about the sharp spike in bond yields in recent days. Thanks to Factset, I didn't have to calculate the bond prices that correspond to particular ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... 0.3 of a point, or 0.01 per cent, at 5,816.2. NEW YORK - US stocks have tumbled on worries about higher oil prices and a spike in tensions over the Greek debt crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 142.20 points (0.79 per cent) to 17,928.20. ...

ASIC says AUD spike "not misconduct"

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
ASIC has provided an update on its investigation into the suspicious spike in the Australian dollar that occurred seconds before the RBA announced it was keeping cash rates on hold at 2.25% on April 7, finding that so far it has been linked to automated ...