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QE tapering fears spark $1 billion flight from bonds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... been triggered by the US Federal Reserve which has indicated for the first time since the onset of the global financial crisis that it is close to being in a position to begin tapering its $85 billion a month quantitative easing program with most analysts ...

Benchmark bond funds worst choice for Aussie investors

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... benchmark-imposed limitations and risks," she said. Australian government bonds performed well following the global financial crisis, with yields falling to record lows as offshore investors took refuge in the relative calm of Australia's economic and ...

Demographic megatrends drive earnings well into the future

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... this market inefficiency." The problem with forecasting beyond three years is that it is difficult. The global financial crisis has highlighted that unexpected things happen and the distant future is a hazy place to understand. The further out you try ...

Investor confidence drives advice growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
The recovery of investor confidence after the global financial crisis is benefiting the financial planning space, which has seen a surge of clients looking for advice. An Investor Trends Planner Business Model Report for May 2013 found that new client ...

Strong US recovery to send bond yields through the roof

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
... artificially low because of the $3 trillion asset purchase program pursued by the Fed since the on-set of the global financial crisis. "10% yields are not outside the realm of possibility. But the good news is that global investors, banks and central ...

Yields above 10% up for grabs in unlisted property

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... fund investors because they can't touch the money until they are 65 anyway," he said. In the wake of the global financial crisis, the group has moved it's a remuneration structure to a performance fee basis so that the fund managers' interests are better ...

Super funds urged to rethink 70/30 structure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... conventional approach to portfolio construction fails to protect against major financial disruptions such as the global financial crisis, which saw some retirees lose more than a quarter of their savings. "As an industry we have failed to effectively ...

Retirees unlikely to recover GFC losses: Cooper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... Strong growth in superannuation in recent years does not help retirees whose accounts took a beating in the global financial crisis, according to Challenger chairman of retirement income Jeremy Cooper. Cooper, who chaired the 2010 Super System Review ...

Sovereign wealth funds climb to US$5.5tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... months, according to the SWF Institute. The SWF Institute also reported that SWF assets are up 44% since the global financial crisis (GFC) and that resources continue to be the main sources of SWF capital flows. Norway's Government Pension Fund at US$737 ...

BEN boosts margin lending arm with new appointment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... a response to a perceived improvement in investor sentiment, after years of caution in the wake of the global financial crisis. "The reality is that the sector has experienced a downturn over the last few years, as a direct result of the global financial ...