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Fidelity ups risk on global recovery hopes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
There are early signs that the next share market rally will be sustained longer than investors have grown accustomed to, according to Fidelity's Trevor Greetham. The multi-asset portfolio manager, who is based in London says he is increasingly hopeful ...

Insto property investors forced overseas

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
As account balances grow and compulsory super contributions are increased, Australia's superannuation funds will meet a shortage of viable domestic property assets to invest in, forcing them overseas, according to LaSalle Investment Management's Paul ...

Manual corporate actions processing costly: DST

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
Mistakes, delays and sub-optimal investment decision making associated with the manual processing of corporate actions is costing Australian investors millions of dollars annually. This was the missive delivered by Geoff Harries, global head of asset ...

Murdoch matriarch remembered for charity work

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, the mother of media magnate Rupert Murdoch, died overnight at her home in Victoria at the age of 103. She will be remembered as one of Australia's leading philanthropists, dedicating her life to worthy causes. She was known to ...

Upside for risk assets in 2013: Threadneedle

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
Next year promises to be fraught with uncertainty for investors but an easing of the largest global risks should pave the way for stronger returns in risk assets, according to Threadneedle's Mark Burgess. Overall the chief investment officer says Threadneedle ...

Something's gotta give

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
It's still the fiscal cliff people. Wall Street closed higher in overnight trade because... C'mon we all know why - because someone heard someone say 'deal'. There were other important stats out of America last night but, as has been the case over the ...

Tough turkey for retirees this Christmas

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
While the latest RBA rate cut is an early Christmas present to Australia's mortgage payers, retirees are in for a tougher festive period, says National Seniors chief executive Michael O'Neill. The Reserve Bank (RBA) cut the base rate to 3% yesterday ...

Audit report "disappointing"

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
ASIC boss Greg Medcraft has said that the results of the corporate watchdog's latest audit inspection show a drop in quality and are disappointing. The report for the 18 months to 30 June 2012 covered inspections of 20 Australian audit firms and found ...

Insto's ignoring climate change

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
Climate Change is an issue that has never been raised at board level in some of Australia's largest financial institutions, said a prominent economist. Just like during the global financial crisis, when sub-prime risk left many reeling, the investment ...

Uncertainly certain RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
I had a contented smile on my face before I laid my head down to sleep last night. Nah, it's not because of what you're thinking...but because European equities were in the midst on an uptrend and Wall Street was starting out strong. All because of ...