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Australian equity managers overlooking value stocks

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... that total allocation to stocks is only about 45%. "Remarkably, this is much lower than the 50-55 % during the depths of the GFC. This suggests there is still a wall of money waiting on the sidelines," he explained. According to the research house, there ...

Is benchmarking being legislated?

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... quality stocks had performed so well and value stocks so poorly in the market recovery since the global financial crisis (GFC), the valuation argument now appeared to favour some lower quality and deep value stocks. He suggested advisers to continually ...

Reversal of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... guesstimating the following month's number. Recall too, that many expected the jobless rate to top 10.0% at the height of the GFC. Or perhaps, it is he, RBA Governor Glen Stevens, who's wrong when he told Australians all that, "...there are signs that ...

CFS fund celebrates 5-year anniversary with aplomb

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... companies that will have sustainable returns over the long-term. He said the approach has been particularly effective during the GFC. "Many high yield stocks performed poorly during this period. Our bottom up stock selection process enabled us to avoid ...

Platforms press on in advice battleground

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... Investment Trends report that show 72% of new business last year was placed on platforms. While this figure is lower than pre-GFC numbers (78% back in 2005), the same report projects that by 2015, the number will stabilise at 70%, still a big chunk of ...

UK adviser reforms drive out 9,400 advisers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... financial advice to the general public. However, in a shift similar to what's occurring in Australia and the US, the shock of the GFC and increasing cost pressure on wealth management groups has seen these groups renew efforts to develop their direct ...

Lowys ramp up Westfield selldown

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
... Lowys anticipate a fall in the value of the Westfield business. The retail sector has been hit hard since the onset of the GFC and the growth in rental rates seems to have slowed. Internet shopping is also steadily eroding the number of sales conducted ...

Instreet happy with growth at 5-year milestone

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
... management, is celebrating its fifth anniversary this week. With the life of the business coinciding almost exactly with the GFC, Lucas says that flexibility has been the key to its success. "We're very happy with our growth. We're now a large player ...

GFC derails wealth fee growth by $30bn

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... management survey. In the December 2012 Roundup Report, the researcher said that if total industry FUM had continued along its pre-GFC growth trend, the market could well have reached $2.5 trillion versus the current figure of $1.5 trillion. Rainmaker ...

Falling BRICs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... they're not as strong as they used to be. In the year to the fourth quarter 2012, Brazil's GDP grew by 1.4%, down from its pre-GFC high of 6.6%. Russian GDP expanded by a mere 3.4% in Q3 2012, the Indian economy grew by 4.1% in Q4 2012 and China by 7.9% ...