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Profit up and new products for ClearView

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... management (FUM) in ClearView products increased 8% over the year to $1.66 billion as at 30 June 2014. Net flows were broadly neutral over the period, improving on net outflows of around $150 million per annum over the last two years. The number of financial ...

FSC Conference: Experts forecast FSI outcomes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
Disincentives to take super lump sums, a more powerful regulator and a rethink of cross border regulation are among the recommendations Ernst & Young executive director Greg Chipman believes will come out of the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). Chipman ...

FSI recognises the "powerful force" of tech

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... report said. The inquiry headed by former Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chief executive David Murray has proposed a "technology neutral" regulatory approach to address the rapid changes in this area in a flexible manner. The interim report encouraged stakeholders ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
Financial System Inquiry (FSI) chairman David Murray spoke at the National Press Club following the release of the FSI interim report. "Thank you to the National Press Club for the interest you have shown in today's release of the interim report of ...

Intra-fund advice exemptions in doubt

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
Industry super funds could face stricter rules around block charging members for financial advice if the Senate blocks the amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has said. Singling out exemptions ...

S&P 500: 22 corrections in 6 months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... the next six months dropping by 9.5 percentage points to 35.2%; those bearish increasing by 2.9 points to 24.1%; and the neutral camp rising by 6.6 points to 40.7%. And what's the point of all these, you ask? The point is that there won't be any meaningful ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
The Australian share market is off to a mixed start for the week. Stocks seesawed in the first hour of trade as investors focused on ongoing weakness in iron ore prices and better-than-expected Chinese manufacturing data. "It will most likely be a cautious ...

Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... conducted by the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII). For the week ending 21 May 2014, the AAII survey found: Neutral sentiment is above 40% for the fourth consecutive week, the longest such streak since 1998. Bullish sentiment is below ...

Capital Fund Management launches half-price hedge fund

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... Fund 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. These strategies are run at a constant 10% volatility. ...

Bubbling bubble?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... of economic stats and surveys offer no clear forward view of the road ahead but also because investor sentiment is in neutral... literally. According to the latest American Association of Individual Investors' (AAII) Sentiment Survey, "Neutral sentiment ...