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BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
... now, 'ey? With just four trading days to go, Wall Street may have forgotten that this month is statistically and historically the worst month for stocks. Not that nobody tried to remind investors, there were plenty of warnings on the blogosphere days ...

BT Wrap lifts fog on model portfolios

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... don't know which ones they use: the Dealer Group Desktop fills that gap, the group said. This is partly because, historically, preferred model portfolio functionalities have been set at an adviser level, but not at a dealer group level. "Dealer groups ...

BHP anticipates global carbon price

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... of climate change, and that something needs to be done to deal with the carbon concentration in the atmosphere. "Historically we have expressed that our preferred solution is the introduction of an international climate frame which includes binding commitments ...

Securities lending back at pre-GFC levels

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... lending programs have now largely removed them. "Certainly from a supply perspective, it's back to what it has been historically with about $200 billion worth of lendable equities," said Martin. But the demand for stock loans had not recovered in the ...

Infra bonds get conditional industry support

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... had mixed experiences with them. "Accordingly, PIMCO actively underweighted the Australian infrastructure sector historically as the risk/reward balance was unattractive for our clients," he said. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of the Australian Institute ...

ASX power handover to ASIC heralds new trading rules

PRESS RELEASES  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... month, investors will have to follow a new set of trading rules when regulator ASIC takes over the supervisory role historically held by the local bourse. Chris Bowen, minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, announced the Australian ...

Aussie quant funds stay ahead with proprietary data

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... Services, said Australian equity quantitative managers would become more protective of their intellectual property (IP). "Historically a lot of fund managers have shared their IP with the market but that will change and there will be a lack of disclosure ...

More HNW investors happy with planners during crisis

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... influence of financial planners becomes stronger and stronger," said Mark Johnston, principal at Investment Trends. "Historically, what then happens is they reach a threshold and then there's a greater relationship with the full service broker and private ...

Investec eyes EM debt, record inflows

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010

Sentiment stirs bad mood

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... Especially when I remind you that the US consumer accounts for around 70 per cent of the economy and that confidence historically leads retail spending. Where is growth going to come from now? Not with the US labour market still soft. Not with the Fed ...