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Beware the volatility trap: AB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... businesses and share prices that are less volatile and fall less when the market goes down," Maslen said. Maslen added research conducted by AB over the last decade in Australia shows that quality companies can appear stable with attractive pricing ...

Which part of the elephant are you holding?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
Like the story of the blind man and an elephant, interpretations are often derived from which part of the animal you touched. Such is the case with the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) elephant - the latest update on Australia's "International ...

Twitter becomes gateway to 30 million 'investment' audience

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
Nine in 10 financial advisers in the US said they have gained new clients through their social media accounts, research shows. According to a 2016 social media survey by Putnam Investments, there are now more than 30 million Twitter users in the US ...

CFA considers AI, robo-advice in exams

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
The CFA Institute believes artificial intelligence, fintech and robo-advice will have the greatest impact on the financial services industry - to the extent it is considering including such topics in its examinations. An overwhelming majority (70%) ...

Sharing economy to reshape global real estate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... sector's potential. It's not just the millennials, the baby boomers are making their preferences felt as well. According to research, 70% of the population in developed countries will live in cities by 2050. Baby boomers, unlike their predecessors, are ...

Challenger recruits CBA research manager

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... new national key account manager. Shane Brereton joins Challenger from Commonwealth Bank, where he was senior manager research. Prior to that, he was a senior research analyst at CBA. He was also a business analyst and research analyst at Colonial First ...

BetaShares expands to Victoria

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... and fourth largest Exchange Traded Product operator behind BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street, according to Rainmaker research.

Fearless forecasting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... booming superannuation sector and the nation's status as a "growth haven". "Jason Todd, head of Australian macro-economic research at Macquarie, said Australia's super pool, which is expected to rise from $2.3 trillion to around $8.8 trillion over the ...

Ausbil MicroCap suspends applications and redemptions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... the latest 12 months with a return of 5.9%, less than half the benchmark return of 13.7%. Rainmaker head of investment research John Dyall said the suspension by Ausbil highlights one of the difficulties of investing in open-ended unit trusts in illiquid ...

Face-to-face advice rises at UniSuper

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
UniSuper, the $60 billion superannuation fund for the higher education and research sector, says despite the rapid growth of robo-advice, meeting financial advisers face-to-face continues to grow as the preferred approach among its members. The fund ...