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FEATURE: The alpha hunters

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... facts, then, go some way to confirming the caricature of Australia as a land with a homogeneous share market and conservative investors. But is there any more to it than that? The short answer is, yes. Despite the indisputable dominance of financials ...

British govt to introduce pension choice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... at least insofar as these income stream option arrangements are concerned. In another indication of that Britain's conservative government has a very different attitude to financial sector reform than does the Australian government, the British government ...

APRA gets Basel III tick

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... Australia's capital regulation was graded 'Compliant'." It went on: "The simple reality is that, because of APRA's conservative approach, an internationally active ADI in Australia can face a capital requirement that is at least 100 basis points higher ...

High risk investors lose appetite for risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... in new equities or products in the next three months. This compares to 32.1% in Q1 of 2013. Meanwhile, those with conservative risk profiles were more likely to invest in new equities or products compared to last year, jumping from 7% to 13.6%. CoreData ...

Robeco fund recommended by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
The Robeco Emerging Conservative Equity Fund has received a 'Recommended' rating from Lonsec. The Fund is an active, long only, quantitative emerging-markets equities strategy. It invests in listed equities in global emerging markets and the strategy ...

RBS posts soaring losses, pays $1m bonuses

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... state-backed institution drew a fierce response from Business Secretary Vince Cable, a key Liberal Democrat in Britain's Conservative-led coalition government. "The public will simply not understand why big bonuses and large salaries continue to be paid ...

More to Asia than just Chindia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... they want is management expertise and skills," said Oscar Ludwigson, head of investment banking at CIMB Australia. Conservative investors wary of the region's complexity and governance risks should put special emphasis on due diligence and assembling ...

Industry resists full portfolio disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... governance, enhanced transparency and improved competition in superannuation industry bodies', industry bodies were conservative on the subject of transparency. Under the terms proposed by the former government, the portfolio look-through requirements ...

Obama launches myRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
President of the United States Barack Obama has proposed a new retirement savings program called MyRA to help Americans prepare for retirement. The plan was unveiled in last week's 2014 State of the Union address. The plan will not require Congressional ...

MSI launches three new SIV funds

HARRY PAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... new funds, broadening its Significant Investment Visa (SIV) following the 888 Fund that was established last year. Conservative, Balanced and Growth funds are the new three that MSI has launched. These funds will allow diverse access to Australian-based ...