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On the verge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... recession is in the offing. It was up last night, so it's recession one more time baby. It's also not data showing another big drop in US existing home sales, down 3.5% in July. We already know that US housing remains in the cactus basket. What got my ...

Retail funds narrow satisfaction gap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... peaking at 8 percentage points in June 2009 when GFC-1 was in full swing. "The satisfaction gap between Industry Funds and the Big 6 Retail Funds has continued to narrow in recent times and at 3.5%, is now at its smallest since before the Global Financial ...

Hedge fund forum delivers expert speakers next month

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
Financial services professionals will be treated to investment panels and star speakers from the superannuation and hedge fund industries at the Australian Hedge Fund Forum next month. The keynote address will be given by Australian Securities and Investment ...

FS Advice launched

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
The new look Australian Journal of Financial Planning, now called FS Advice, has been launched at the Rainmaker Advisers Big Day Out in Terrigal, on the NSW central coast. The journal has been redesigned to align it with the suite of Financial Standard ...

Perpetual divests to focus on international equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... has sold its self-managed super fund (SMSF) administration business, smartsuper. "When you look at the SMSF market, it is a big market that is very fragmented and it is difficult to build scale. For us, our main businesses are investment management ...

In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
Ahhh, finally some peace. Given Wall Street's straight gains over these past three trading days, many could be forgiven for wondering what just happened last week. Fear now, search for explanations later - that's what happened last week. For despite ...

Black swans test strength of portfolio construction

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
Black swan events occur much more frequently than modeling predicts, a seminar heard on Friday, so portfolios need to be designed to withstand unpredictable turbulence. Tom Robinson, managing director of education at the CFA Institute, a global organisation ...

Pensioner inflation hits 4.5%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
Pensioner living costs are up 4.5% for the past 12 months, compared to regular inflation for the general population which is up only 3.6% over the same period. The Australian Bureau of Statistics June 2011 Pensioner and Beneficiary Living Cost Index ...

In defence of superannuation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
Superannuation funds earning nearly 7% per annum over the past 20 years has forced minister Bill Shorten to defend the system itself while arguing why lifting SG from 9 to 12% is still a good idea. Speaking on ABC TV's Insider's program yesterday, Minister ...

Trading volatility can protect portfolio from big swings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... March 2006 would have been worth US$94.37 with a flattened out return in December 2008, missing most of the losses from the big crash. That same US$100 without the allocation to VIX futures had a 54% higher standard deviation and ended at US$85.18, suffering ...