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Is now the time to buy IOOF?

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
Investors and advisers could benefit from the sharp drop in IOOF share price following information in the media about misconduct within its research and wealth management divisions. IOOF share price dropped as much as 21% on Monday as the market reacted ...

Asset allocation is over, investors chase returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
Institutional investors' traditional emphasis on asset allocation has given way to a focus on returns, which has led to the "bondification" of equities, a global report found. The 2015 CREATE-Research report commissioned by Principal Global Investors ...

ASIC silent on IOOF investigation

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has refused to confirm if it will investigate allegations of misconduct within IOOF's research and wealth management divisions. ASIC refused to answer questions by Financial Standard regarding ...

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... European peripherals. But as always in Europe, things are much more complicated than what they seem at first sight, Laura Millan writes. In the investment world, it is easy to think of Europe as one large, uniform region. Other areas of similar size ...

Light at the end of the tunnel for EM debt

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
The correction in emerging markets fixed income has started, but this also means that the rebound is closer than investors initially expected, Lazard Asset Management said. In January 2015, it took one and a half months before emerging markets debt ...

Social media, an investment tool in times of turmoil

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
The growing number of users sharing thoughts about finance on social media allows investors to monitor market sentiment almost instantly. When US-based finance social media platform StockTwits recently reached 300,000 active users, analysts considered ...

APAC fastest growing region for millionaire investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
Asia Pacific is the region where the number of high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals grew faster during 2014, the World Wealth Report found. The 19th edition of the report by Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management revealed that high net worths ...

Future Fund and AustralianSuper settle court case

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
The legal battle between two of Australia's funds management giants has ended with a multi-million dollar settlement. The Future Fund will pay AustralianSuper $7 million which will contribute to the legal costs of the country's largest industry fund ...

Financial planning director to leave AMP

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
AMP's executive director of financial planning will leave the group to pursue other opportunities in the industry. Steve Helmich will leave AMP in September following a 41 year career with the company. He started as a junior new business clerk in the ...

Eslake leaves Bank of America

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML) chief economist Saul Eslake has left the organisation and a replacement has already been confirmed. A member of the firm's economic team and longtime colleague of Eslake, Alex Joiner, will head BoAML's economics ...