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Annuities lead US advice requests

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
Annuities are the number one product class US investors are requesting advice for, according to a new report on the US annuities and the insurance sector by Cerullui Associates. "Annuities are the most unsolicited products requested by clients," they ...

Aussie shares to rally within a year: Russell

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
A sustainable turnaround in the Australian share market is predicted within the next 12 months, according to a Russell Investments research report. Russell's Investment Manager Outlook (IMO) survey, which was released this morning, collected the opinions ...

Upside from frontier markets untapped: Feriani

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... understand the merits of investing in these smaller countries. Regardless of the inherent challenges, Feriani said it is an asset class where the reality does not match the perception once you "go and kick the tires." "If you look through the noise ...

Fund managers bullish on Asian bonds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
Despite fund managers remaining neutral on both equities and bonds for Q4, 75% are overweight on hard currency Asian bonds, according to HSBC's latest global manager survey. High yield bonds (90% overweight) and global emerging market bonds (70% overweight) ...

Volatility breeds opportunism: Report

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
Conventional investment wisdom has been sidelined by continued market volatility, said a study commissioned by Principal Global Investors. As a result, the report, undertaken by CREATE-Research, said new ways of investing and managing assets through ...

EM debt not to be overlooked: HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... inflation, lower interest rates and firmer currencies making a very compelling case for emerging market debt as an asset class, many investors continue to see it as risky, said Philip Poole, global head of macro and investment strategy, HSBC Global Asset ...

TAL Direct appoints marketing head

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... evolve in this digital age and our direct business has continued to realign around our customer base." Hunt holds a first class MA MEng in Manufacturing Engineering from Cambridge University. TAL Direct operates the InsuranceLine brand, plus numerous ...

Vanguard to publish portfolio holdings

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
Vanguard will publish quarterly portfolio holdings for all its funds from October, the fund manager announced today. Vanguard's head of market strategy and communications, Robin Bowerman said, "This move is designed to improve transparency for investors ...

Water an alternative with yield

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
Exposure to attractive food, resource and agricultural valuations can be achieved by investing in water as an asset class, said Tyndall AM. "Where there is a simple demand imbalance you are giving yourself a chance to participate in capital growth," ...

Storm preyed on the naive: ASIC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... Commonwealth Bank earlier this month and is pursuing Storm founders Emmanuel and Julie Cassimatis in a separate case. Two separate class actions are due to follow the ASIC case. Storm's clients lost about $3.6 billion when the financial services company ...