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Worried about the US? Buy US Treasuries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012

Bubble forming in dividend stocks: Schroders

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... performance in the last year, the strategist warns that income stocks are in danger of forming a bubble. "As greater numbers seek safety in purchasing perceived stable cash flows at progressively higher prices, they will necessarily become less safe," ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... much-needed bailout cash for Greece was delayed. The yen rose against the euro and the US dollar on Tuesday as investors sought safety, dealing a blow to Japan's exporters. Chinese shares declined as property shares tumbled on concerns over government ...

Ex Deutsche AM chief joins Africa charity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... decided it was time to focus his energies on more philanthropic challenges. Oasis Africa provides food, education, shelter, safety, health services, counseling, advanced education scholarships and income generating programs for parents after meeting ...

Investors need mid-term protection: BT

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... capital when markets fall but still provide opportunity for growth on the upside. "Since the GFC we have seen a flight to safety as retirees who saw no alternative turned away from market exposure and re-weighted their portfolios to cash. "This was the ...

Huge opportunity is higher risk recovery stocks: Southeastern

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
A flight to safety brought about ongoing investor uncertainty in the wake of the GFC means that a wealth of well managed, competitively entrenched and soundly financed companies can be bought at a significant discount to their intrinsic value, according ...

AvSuper chairman to step down

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... 2013, according to the industry fund. AvSuper is the profit-for-members super fund dedicated to the aviation and aviation safety industries with more than $1.2 billion in funds under management. Grant was the founding trustee director of AvSuper in 1990 ...

Zelman opens new advice business

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... significant change and opportunity within the industry, I now prefer the thrill of creating a highly innovative business to the safety of a more traditional approach," noted Aaron Zelman, managing director of LifeScope. When looking for a licensee, Synchron ...

Shorten reins in employer involvement in default super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... employers to unilaterally opt-out "raises considerable risks to the integrity of the proposed default fund arrangements, the safety net and the Fair Work Act framework." In a release issued yesterday Shorten used returns as a basis for the argument ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... to announce first half results. In Australia, the market on Wednesday finished lower as nervous investors made for the safety of defensive stocks amid thin trading volumes. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 11.0 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 4,281.2 ...