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Fidelity calls rising tide for equities

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... political risks in Europe - but Rossi said these have been recognised, and either mitigated or priced into current valuations. Even with the looming budget problems in the United States (US), US bond yields suggest that many of the investors who wanted ...

Instos reach tipping point on EM PE

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... Blackburn said that recently distressed credit in India has been of interest on the back of a feeling that some of the valuations had been very aggressive against the continuing evolution of the market. Other opportunities of interest at the moment include ...

BRICs plus four will drive world investment returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... how investing in these markets requires active management, she said. Koch said the good news for investors is these valuations are right now at their lowest levels in decades, a situation that won't last. By inference, she said this meant index investment ...

Lost

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... we're being boiled ever so slowly until we're well and truly cooked. Where are we? We're in a good place. Equity market valuations are attractive, central banks are turning on the pump, companies are downing in cash, China is not going to land hard ...

AMG completes investment in Yacktman

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... approximately $17bn in assets under management. Yacktman seeks to make investments in high-quality businesses at low valuations with the goal of generating out performance over the long term. The firm's two flagship mutual funds, The Yacktman Fund and ...

Investors missing the eurozone silver lining

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... Franklin Templeton. "From a bottom-up standpoint, we believe significant investment opportunities still exist in Europe as valuations continue to reflect extreme pessimism, affording little provision for a potentially improving scenario," said Heather ...

Direct super platform targets SMSF exodus

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... for a fraction of the cost in addition to the convenience - you don't have to worry about your tax reporting, your valuations and an annual audit - there's no reason for them to leave," Webster said. The pay-off for the reduced cost and convenience for ...

The revival of stock picking

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... year, understandably, the market's preoccupation was not with fundamentals - things like earnings and cash flows and valuations. Everyone was primarily concerned with big macro factors like the Eurozone crisis, the US debt ceiling and whether China was ...

In it to win it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... plug in. But having said that, indications are that there are still plenty of gains in store. Apart from reasonable valuations, there are still many unbelievers yet to be converted. Lipper, a fund tracking firm, reports that around US$3.6 billion flowed ...

Russell rethinks indices on expected bank windfall

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... in favour of banking stocks ahead of reporting season. The semi-annual reconstitution has been driven by attractive valuations and expected income from the banks. "With banks looking to strip excess Tier 1 cash reserves from their balance sheets, the ...