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Empty orchestra

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
"It's amazing how you Can speak right to my heart. Without saying a word You can light up the dark. Try as I may, I could never explain What I hear when you don't say a thing." -When You Say Nothing At All It was all going so swimmingly - the three ...

Aussie equity investors urged to buy overseas

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
UBS head of equities Nick Irish has urged Australian investors to look beyond their home bias and diversify their equity exposure with overseas shares. According to data from Rainmaker Information, average asset allocations for both not-for-profit (NFP) ...

Pricing of unlisted assets call for new model: Northfield

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
The risk profiles of unlisted assets can be analysed as if they were equities or Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) by using integrated models that look at risk across all asset classes, an analytics firm said. Northfield Asia Pacific, a US-based firm that ...

Time to fear?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
Are you thinking what I'm thinking? No, not that. I'm thinking about Warren Edward Buffet - the "Oracle of Omaha" - and his words of wisdom: "Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful" We've witnessed this Buffetism play before ...

Family office growth creates opportunity for wealth managers

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
The huge growth in family office wealth is leading to significant opportunities for investment managers, according to Boston-based global research firm Cerulli Associates. A new global report posted by the company shows that assets under management ...

Reliance on improving global economy threatens big-four in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
The annus horribilis that Australia's big-four banks expect to define 2013 could become a present reality if too much of their fortunes are hitched to an expected strengthening global economy following the re-election of US President Barrack Obama yesterday ...

RMB to be used in a third of china deals by 2015

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
Most China corporations expect one in three of all Chinese trades to be done in Renminbi by 2015, said a survey by HSBC. HSBC also found that 30% (of China businesses) plan to use RMB for investment-related purposes in the next 12 months. Half of all ...

Volatility breeds opportunism: Report

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
Conventional investment wisdom has been sidelined by continued market volatility, said a study commissioned by Principal Global Investors. As a result, the report, undertaken by CREATE-Research, said new ways of investing and managing assets through ...

Investment management hit by downturn

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
A cocktail of market blows since the GFC which led super funds to reduce costs by going passive, amalgamate through economies-of-scale, and the internalisation of portfolio management by larger funds - plus reduced availability of capital - has meant ...

J.P. Morgan wins custodial services mandate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services (WSS) has won a mandate to provide custodial and fund administration services to a number of additional Mosaic Portfolio Advisers (MPA) Limited funds. Mosaic is a wholly owned subsidiary of ASX - listed wealth ...