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Super reforms should not kill off smaller funds: Quadrant

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... economies of scope and scale while maintaining a meaningful affinity with members and delivering the kind of personal service a big fund simply cannot provide." Quadrant is part of a joint venture that provides the capability for funds to deliver advice ...

Abernathy snubs IMF liquidity drivel

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... liquid banks, says Clime Asset Management's John Abernathy. In a new report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the big four banks - Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, ANZ and NAB - should be forced to hold extra capital to help protect against damage ...

Bear market end in sight: AMP Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... depression of the 1930s took an age to play it out, it is generally accepted that these periods last around 10-15 years. "The next big signal is stock market valuations. The end of a bear market is usually characterised by price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios ...

Thank you, xie xie, arigato

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012

Aging and deleveraging impact long-term growth: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
Aging demographics and an ongoing process of debt deleveraging pose the biggest challenges to investors over the coming years, according to a report by UBS. While cyclical factors tend to dominate day-to-day market movements, according to the asset ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... cents at $2.555. Metals and minerals stocks were down 1.29 per cent, according to IRESS data, while the materials sector - a big component of the local bourse - was down 0.35 per cent. Wall Street closed flat with the Dow 0.06 per cent lower, but the ...

Final hour fiscal cliff verdict will be reached: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
The most likely outcome for the US fiscal cliff crisis is a temporary loss of confidence in the markets and a slight dent to economic growth, according to UBS. That is according to a vote at the global asset manager's Cyclical Market Forum, which meets ...

A good new year past the cliff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... best-performing sector on the market at the open, rising 1.29 per cent, according to IRESS data. The materials sector - a big component of the local bourse - was up 1.1 per cent. Wall Street closed firmer as US markets cheered upbeat housing data and ...

WA planners reject big dealer groups

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... end was not delivered, Fernandes said. "This is not a one-off case, it is part of an industry-wide disillusion," he said. Big institutional dealer groups will almost always look purely at profitability, investing heavily in signing new practices rather ...