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Two-fifths of Australians upping overseas exposure

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... findings reveal Australians are rethinking their long-standing home bias. "Australia is only 2% of the world economy. It's a big world out there and it requires expertise to get around but people are beginning to realise that it's pretty silly not to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... territory after several days of heavy selling, in line with the falling gold price. Its shares were up 37 cents at $10.11. The big four banks were also performing well, adding between one to 1.2 per cent, but were trailing some of the smaller financial ...

PIS sees dramatic drop in adviser numbers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... and the product, but it has done the reverse, it has increased the ownership of advice and product particularly amongst the Big 5 institutions," he said. De Zwart also mentioned increasing pressure of aligned groups to buy independent firms and dealer ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... inflation data and the National Australia Bank business sentiment survey, both due to be released at 1130 AEST. He said the big four banks were the strongest performers on Tuesday morning, with each posting gains of more than one per cent. "A good portion ...

Lotsa data but no game change (yet)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... month or two - but look at the chart again. The relationship between the two variables now appears to be contemporaneous - big word that simply means they're happening at the same time. Yes you got it. It's the internet. Many and a growing number of ...

Fresh-faced Altair attracts ING and AMP talent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... Altair Asset Management has announced a string of appointments to its new Australian equities business, attracting talent from big names including ING Investment Management and AMP Capital. ING quantitative analyst Cindy Liu will become senior quantitative ...

Dismiss fixed income at your peril

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
Investors, particularly those in or approaching retirement, should be wary of ignoring fixed income and other income producing assets in the 'great rotation' out of cash and into equities, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) executive ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... week, and, later on Monday, European Central Bank boss Mario Draghi's speech on monetary policy in the troubled eurozone. The big miners were all weaker on Monday morning, with BHP Billiton down 42 cents to $31.18 and Rio Tinto 62 cents weaker at $52.08. ...

Banks missing super cross-selling opportunities

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... by the banks could be that their superannuation brands appear disconnected to their home bank's brand. "The branding of the big four banks' superannuation funds is potentially another barrier in gaining their business as they are all different to the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... economy improve over there and I think that was really encouraging across the board," he told AAP. The large miners and the big four banks have posted strong gains in early trade, ensuring a rise on the market overall. BHP Billiton was up 46 cents at ...