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SPAA urges SMSF auditors to register with regulator

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) is urging SMSF auditors to register as soon as possible so they are cleared to audit funds when the new licensing regime comes in to effect on 1 July. The Australian Securities and Investments ...

Frontier markets poised for strong 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
Frontier markets have begun 2013 strongly and will outperform their emerging markets counterparts over the next 12 months, according to HSBC Global Research. The MSCI Frontier markets index - which includes economies such as Nigeria, Qatar and Vietnam ...

Time to fear?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
Are you thinking what I'm thinking? No, not that. I'm thinking about Warren Edward Buffet - the "Oracle of Omaha" - and his words of wisdom: "Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful" We've witnessed this Buffetism play before ...

Planners revise down growth expectations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
Financial planners have revised down their capital growth expectations for the year ahead as on-going volatility sees clients holding increasingly high levels of excess cash, according to a recently published Investor Trends report. The 2012 Adviser ...

CBUS to review products to tempt SMSFs

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
Construction industry superannuation fund CBUS will review its product offering over the next 12 months in order to attract people in self managed superannuation funds. Last week fellow industry super fund HOSTPLUS said self managed super fund trustees ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
Financial markets were on wait mode overnight - waiting for the Fed's verdict on monetary policy. And they had fun while waiting, for most souls expect the US central bank to continue what it's been since last September - bribing the bears into hibernation ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a mixed performance on Wall Street ahead of consumer confidence and housing data and in anticipation of a US Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting. At 0644 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price ...

Insurers to exit risky fixed income positions: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
Insurers will re-examine their allocations to fixed income assets in 2013 as low interest rates put pressure on profitability, according to BlackRock's global insurance outlook. David Lomas, head of BlackRock's financial institutions group, expects ...

Falling interest rates undermine seniors' confidence

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
The end of 2012 saw Australia's confidence about the future of the economy fall to near record lows, according to research by Allianz. The Allianz Future Optimism Index showed that sentiment fell most sharply in South Australia where it recorded the ...

Risk control software targets HFTs

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
Global trading platform provider InfoReach claims its new software can significantly reduce the risk of high frequency trading systems going haywire. The group says that recent multi-million dollar losses in the capital markets, such as the so-called ...