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FEATURE: The myth of the outlook

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
Languishing beneath a pile of seasonal investment outlooks, James Fernyhough asks, does anyone really have a clue about what to expect for 2014? In the eerily quiet lull between Christmas and Australia Day, as the financial services community goes into ...

Model portfolios vulnerable to avoidable risks

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... van Eyk's Portfolio X-Rays initiative. The consulting service examines a model portfolio to see whether the investment outlook, risk tolerance and the model's objectives are accurately reflected in how it is constructed. Portfolio X-Rays looks at asset ...

Super fund return expectations unrealistic

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... Suisse Private Banking's David McDonald. The head of strategy and research for Australia told journalists at an investment outlook briefing in Sydney yesterday morning that new research from academics at the London Business School has added to fears ...

2013 Chief Economists Forum, reserve your seat now

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... Standard Chief Economists Forum, where leading chief economists will share their views on the economic and investment outlook for the coming year. A host of expert speakers will share their thoughts on both the local and international economic conditions ...

Upside for risk assets in 2013: Threadneedle

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... subsided and China's successful negotiation of both a leadership change and a soft landing has improved the global investment outlook. Burgess added that the US is also beginning to sprout green shoots of recovery. "There have been a number of better ...

CIOs see no let up in European debt crisis

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... outlook for certain asset classes and regions. On a scale of -100 to 100, chief investment officers rated the investment outlook for 2012 as 16, down from 20 in December 2011. "Europe remains a key concern in both the short and long term. Europe's failure ...

Market dives on US downgrade, China demands new reserve currency

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... investments. Bill Gross, managing director of bond fund PIMCO, sold out of US Treasuries in March. In his August investment outlook, he wrote that investors should logically ask how the US would meet its obligations. "In addition to an existing nearly ...

Debt crisis not so bad for Latin America

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... and smart positioning in the face of US and European debt crisis sees Latin America shape up to an attractive investment outlook. Generally regarded for its dependency on exports, Brazil in particular is coming more into the investor eye. The nation ...

Looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... rating. You know what I think of credit ratings agencies but Pimco Boss Bill Gross said it best in his May investment outlook, Gross wrote that in recent years ratings agencies have displayed little "second grade intelligence" and/or "CQ (Common Sense ...

African dev't needs private equity: Mobius

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... said private equity firms could play a major role in developing Africa's natural resources. Mobius said the investment outlook for Africa is positive as its agricultural products and abundance of water will decide the rise and fall of nations in the ...