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Serpentine fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... adds that, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941 also happened in the Year of the Snake and so did "the 1929 stock market plunge that heralded the Great Depression". "ASIAN soothsayers have predicted a stock market slide, escalated conflict, and ...

Platform asset-based fees under fire

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
The retail platform market is on the cusp of a revolution which will see standard asset-based pricing replaced with a fee-based structure, said Chris Wrightson, managing director of Centurian Market Makers. The business broking expert says that, in ...

2013

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... forces bond prices down, yields will rise. This demand for bonds should push investors further afield, bringing emerging market and Asian fixed interest into the gaze of investors. But they will still be reluctant to embrace India after the new chief ...

Nothing new in objectives-based investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... on paper. Objectives-based investing is appealing given that financial markets don't follow scientific rules, and this forces fiduciaries to invest according to principles and their beliefs about what their fund's long term investment philosophy should ...

Life commission clawback forced on advisers: Synchron

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... as a result of competitive pressures, this moved to a one-year period. "These changes were the result of a competitive market at work," he said. The FSC's proposed clawback would result in 100% of the commission being paid back to the insurance company ...

Trading mistake forces Indian exchange crash

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... resulting in multiple trades at low prices," a statement from the exchange said. "The circuit filter got triggered and the market closed automatically." After the automatic suspension of 10 minutes, designed to ensure stability on the market and avoid ...

Vermilian joins forces with Data Action

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... to accelerate the speed at which either company could - operating independently - otherwise bring innovative products to market. "The ultimate objective of the arrangement is to deliver improved services and solutions to Vermilian and Data Action's joint ...

Super fees are falling but only just

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... competition forces." The report speculated that this may be why governments of both persuasions continue to intervene in the market to introduce either more competition through choice or by introducing new structures, eg, the 2005 super choice reform ...

Financial Simplicity morphs into infrastructure solutions provider

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... they can be integrated across multi [technology] platforms. Institutions buying up most of the traditional platform market forces the independents - including advisers, new investment managers, brokers and other intermediaries - to innovate, and from ...

Politicking befogs equities: AMP Capital

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
Political forces are exerting a much greater influence in market movement, according to AMP Capital. "Investing in shares is increasingly perceived to be risky and fruitless," said Nader Naeimi, head of dynamic asset allocation at AMP Capital. "The ...