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Fund managers expect clients to turn aggressive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... their institutional clients will become more aggressive next year, up from a third of managers in 2013. "An interesting surprise to us is the increase in survey participants who believe that investment strategies of their institutional clients will become ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
Positive reactions to earnings reports from several major companies have pushed the share market higher. Morning trade had been mildly positive despite a negative lead from US markets, IG market strategist Stan Shamu said. "We've started off fairly ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
Positive reactions to earnings reports from several major companies have pushed the share market higher. Morning trade had been mildly positive despite a negative lead from US markets, IG market strategist Stan Shamu said. "We've started off fairly ...

Towers Watson sees spike in smart beta uptake

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... assets under advisory around the globe. Craig Baker, global head of investment research at Towers Watson said: "It is no surprise to us that smart beta strategies are being implemented at this rate, given their inherent relevance for most institutional ...

Action!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... financial presses and commentariats may be calling the Japanese central bank's decision to expand its lending facilities a surprise but we know better, do we not? The BOJ must have read what I wrote on this space yesterday, wet its pants and therefore ...

FEATURE: The cost of cash

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... dramatic, the impact on Australians' investment portfolios has been marked because of the duel effect of rising inflation. A surprise jump in the headline inflation rate from 2.2% to 2.7% in December means that investors holding cash in term deposits ...

Matrix to focus on attracting aligned advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... these people a home." Franzen told Financial Standard that Di Cristoforo's decision to leave his role "came as a bit of a surprise" and added that "these things can be opportunities for everybody." He revealed that the board will be meeting in March ...

Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
It's the weather, stupid! This was how Wall Street interpreted last disappointing data on retail spending and weekly jobless claims. 'Twas a convenient excuse (rationale?), particularly last night when a skyful of snow dropped on the East Coast about ...

ANZ profit on the rise in first quarter

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
ANZ revealed a double digit jump in its first quarter profit, on the back of growth in home lending and a surprise fall in bad debts ANZ's cash profit in the three months to December 31 grew by more than 13% to $1.73 billion. It is now on target to ...

CBA: Expect higher inflation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... Australia would need to negotiate an "inflation transition" over the coming years. Blythe explained that even with the surprise jump in inflation in December, the overall inflation rate has been "pretty well behaved overall", staying comfortably within ...