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CFS upgrades its FirstWrap Platform

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... manager custom solutions, Colonial First State. Stevens said with industry pressures including regulatory reforms, market volatility and compliance, advisers using e-Post would be able to focus on providing quality advice to clients, not on cumbersome ...

BRIC slows on Europe woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... months of this year. While the uncertainty over the European sovereign debt crisis and accompanying financial market volatility have undoubtedly contributed to this malaise, this slowing is also due to the lagged effects of the severe monetary policy ...

Telstra Super launches income option

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... said Kevin Moloney, Telstra Super's general manager of development and distribution. "In this time of ongoing market volatility, it's never been more important for funds to listen carefully to their members and to ensure sufficient investment choices ...

Volatility predicted for emerging markets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... dollar and stress from Europe are likely to be the three factors presenting a challenge to short-term emerging market volatility, according to HSBC Global Asset Management. Guillermo Osses, head of EMD portfolio management at HSBC GAM believes that as ...

Advice frameworks need an overhaul

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... out to achieve for the next 30 years - when you look at it in those terms, you can start to take into account market volatility and changes to client behaviour. "You start to see if taking a different investment strategy can move to something more certain ...

Bond ETFs buffering equity market volatility

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... generally have a low or negative correlation to equities. "The fact that you can use bonds to buffer your equity market volatility has been a real winning factor," said Skelly. "Bond ETF's have given people an extra tool to use in their portfolio to ...

Show me the stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
... blokes and shielas is how well the Australian economy could withstand more uncertainties, more shocks, greater market volatility that's coming from outside our shores. Is Australia strong enough? On this score, the latest available economic indicate ...

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
... We can speculate all we want about what could have been, but the end game with regards to the current bout of market volatility remains with Greece. It'll be a long, tortuous wait until they decide on the 17th of next month. There'll be plenty of speculation ...

Australian economy on target for growth: OECD

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... significant risk to the global outlook, with recent political developments in Greece resulting in greater financial market volatility," said Treasurer Wayne Swan, in his response to the report. "Against this backdrop, the OECD expects growth across OECD ...

Advisers use of ETFs on the rise

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
The number of exchange traded funds used by investors is on the rise despite continued market volatility, with up to 70,000 users expected by the end of the year, according to the latest BetaShares/Investment Trends ETF Report. The BetaShares/Investment ...