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Instos bring ESG perspective to ASX companies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
Superannuation funds must better engage with the boards of listed companies in order to bring a longer-term perspective to their decisions, according to the Governance Institute of Australia (GIA). In a new paper entitled, 'Improving engagement between ...

A tall tale of a good story

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... November but at 13.5%, it's still growing at its fastest pace since early 2006 - yup, the boom times before the GFC. And talkin' bout US home prices, the better-than-expected and stronger than the previous month's gain in house prices released simultaneously ...

Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
It's the weather, stupid! This was how Wall Street interpreted last disappointing data on retail spending and weekly jobless claims. 'Twas a convenient excuse (rationale?), particularly last night when a skyful of snow dropped on the East Coast about ...

Confusing versus credible

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
So what happened? Why did the previous day's Yellen yay turned into a Yellen yawn last night? Profit-taking?A Perhaps. Then again, why oh why? Why wouldn't the denizens of Wall Street lighten up their risks portfolios just a day after assured you, I ...

Advisers can increase portfolio value by 3%

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
Good financial advisers could add about 3% worth of measurable alpha to a client's portfolio, according to upcoming Vanguard research. "Be a great behavioral coach and get clients to stick to asset allocation, as opposed to chasing performance," Vanguard ...

Of horse trades and the January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
Boyoboyoboy, by the looks of it...we're really in trouble now, real trouble. Nah, not talkin' bout the Fed taking another US$10 billion away, neither that dreadful indication that China is continuing to slow nor renewed deflation fears in the eurozone ...

Irish luck unlocked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014

In praise of the gloom and doomers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014

Unwind for Xmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
What the fudge! Yes I know gentle readers, most especially dear Canadian gentle reader Mike, today's topic is about that thing I placed my right hand on my left breast vowing not to mention again only a weekend and day ago. How can I not break my vow ...

Former CFSGAM exec joins Frontier Advisors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
Industry fund-owned asset consultant Frontier Advisors has appointed former head of Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) Property Tim Stringer as a senior consultant in its real assets team. Stringer, who moves to Frontier from a position ...