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Political punch trading greatest risk to US economy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... said Zwi in an article for MyClime. The next four years will almost certainly show far stronger growth than the last. The major problem facing the President-elect is just how to tackle the $1.1 trillion federal budget deficit and the looming spending ...

Returns without volatility, you're not dreamin

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... this low volatility investment approach is that, "we believe in an equity premium" which can be systematically exploited. A major advantage of the approach, he said, is that an institutional investor can use low volatility strategies to lower their risk ...

The demise of asset consulting vastly exaggerated: Russell

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... Request for Tender, said Greg Liddell, managing director, advisory services, Russell Investments, Australia and New Zealand. A major potential client also decided to stay with the incumbent JANA, who along with Frontier controls the majority of the market ...

Western recovery expected to lift Asian stocks

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... for new investors. "Emerging markets have been heavily discounted in the past year, in part due to economic woes in the major developed economies. But positioning your portfolio for the next phase is critical. Asia is a high beta play on the developed ...

Investors more satisfied with SMSF than pooled funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... superannuation. Norman Morris, industry communications director at Roy Morgan Research, says that the desire to reduce fees is a major motivation for people setting up an SMSF. "Our research shows that the major reason that people are switching to SMSF's ...

Westpac warns tough year ahead

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
Westpac's full-year statutory net profit has fallen 15% to $5.97 billion owing to a one-off tax benefit last year. The tax gain is related to the bank's takeover of St George, which pushed last year's profit artificially higher and made this year's ...

Kohler campaign slammed by ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
Save Our Super, a campaign backed by veteran financial commentator and owner of the Eureka Report Alan Kohler is poorly researched, and its alternatives underdeveloped, said an article published by the Association of Superannuation funds of Australia ...

Poisoned chalice awaits next US president

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Whatever the outcome of the US election, the President will have to face up to fiscal cliff or jeopardise the global recovery, according to Standard Life Investment's Andrew Milligan. With both presidential candidates rounding the final corner of their ...

Wealth gap narrows in China

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... urban residents, it said, and reduced the urban-rural income ratio from 2.77 to 1 to 2.72 to 1. Income inequalities are a major concern for authorities eager to avoid public discontent and possible unrest in the rapidly developing country of 1.3 billion ...

Relax legislation on deferred annuities: Challenger

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... Barry Rafe, released in May this year. Howe and Rafe argue in the paper that rapid movements in life expectancy present major risks not only to society, but also to the future of Australian super funds, investment managers, insurers and other financial ...