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Australians wary of new investments: Legg Mason

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... placing China at the top, followed by the US, Singapore and India. More than 75% of Australians described themselves as conservative compared to a global average of 59%. About 30% of Australians were willing to increase their risk tolerance for the opportunity ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... were influencing investors. "There will be an interest rate cut, but from today's data the RBA might take a bit of a conservative view and hold in May," he told AAP. BHP Billiton shares fell after it lifted full year iron ore guidance by two per cent ...

Tempo finds beta growth in Europe, Asia

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... inception, it holds $50 million in funds under management. Bracken explained that initially the portfolio was "kind of conservative, we were invested in the US, Japan, the UK and Switzerland." But for the last two months "we have seen a real switch in ...

Super breaks $2trn on way to $9trn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... round of research reports, Rainmaker said that as aggressive as these projections may seem they could turn out to be conservative subject of course to assumptions and expectations regarding investment returns, contributions flows and the rate at which ...

Political donations pay off

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... ASX200 by 2.61 percentage points and the All Ordinaries by 2.81 percentage points. Meanwhile, those that gave only to Conservative parties outperformed both the ASX200 and All Ordinaries on average by 1.65 and 1.85 percentage points respectively.

US schools should teach finlit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... American education curriculum." However, introducing such topics into school curriculum would face stiff opposition from conservative politicians who are trying to wind back what is known as Common Curriculum preferring instead to leave curriculum content ...

Super performs well in board gender diversity index

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... unfortunately not with some Governments," Women on Boards director Claire Braund said. "It's hard not to conclude that conservative leaning governments are bad for women." The research revealed gender balance on governing bodies of universities, National ...

Performance competition returning to default super

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... retail boost wasn't across the board, however, and in any case it partly reflects a survivorship effect of funds with conservative default investment choices exiting the workplace sector following the transition to MySuper during 2014. The recovery in ...

Push to end US Congressional pensions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
Claims that US politicians are out of touch with ordinary Americans have led a group of conservative Republicans to sponsor a bill to end Congressional pensions and force politicians to save for their own retirement just like everyone else. The legislation ...

Instos turn increasingly to real assets

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... most common form of real asset investments - 96% of respondents currently invest - with 59% of them opting for a conservative exposure to the asset class through core equity. Many investors are also increasing allocations to value-added equity (47%) ...