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Europe and Japan becoming preferred equity markets

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... adjusted accordingly, with Japan and Europe being given "Heavy" equities allocations; US and UK markets have been shifted to "Neutral". "The Global Investment Group has been debating for some time when the conditions would fall into place for such a ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... kept on hold. Offshore markets provided positive leads but CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said it was a neutral day without any conviction for investors. "Since the RBA meeting the market has been on standby and there has been a trading ...

ESG becoming essential to insto alternative investment

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... motivations for considering) ESG criteria went beyond ethical concerns: 90% of participants felt ESG criteria had a positive or neutral effect on returns, while over half (57%) believed it directly increased risk-adjusted returns. "It is encouraging ...

Fixed income offers little equity risk protection: CFM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... year, it blends three quantitative algorithm strategies comprising a long-term trend following strategy, an equity market neutral strategy and a strategy designed to harvest risk premia in capital markets. Jordan said the strategy poses an attractive ...

Divestment more political than financial: PWC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
The main impact of institutional investor divestment has been political not financial, said PWC in an asset consulting newsletter released yesterday. "Unless the size of the divestment is substantial, it may not impact the share price of the company ...

ASFA supports ASIC electronic disclosure consultation

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... (PDSs). At the same time, ASFA cautioned that any regulatory provisions for electronic disclosures should be "technology-neutral" and flexible enough to accommodate different types of consumers. They said this is so that "the financial services industry ...

Melbourne planner launching crowd-funded positivity campaign

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... money from representatives across the entire financial advice spectrum so as to keep the project non-aligned and product-neutral. "We are doing this campaign to help raise awareness of these issues, by telling stories in short form blogs, ads, cartoons ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... strategist Michael McCarthy said. "But I think as we work through the day, we'll realise the implications for Australia are neutral to slightly positive." The Swiss central bank is abandoning the minimum rate of 1.20 francs against the euro, a ceiling ...

Auld lang syne

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... number of countries (I counted 45 countries on the chart). The result? It would have a negative impact on eight countries, neutral on two and positive on the remainder (35 countries). There's part of the solution to the world economic weakness right ...

Bullish sentiment at 4-year high, expect zero return in six months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... sentiment - expectations of stock price drops six months from now - at 19.3% remains way below its long-term average of 30.4%. Neutral sentiment -- the fence sitters or those expecting nothing much would happen on the stock price front over the next ...