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Asia for the long haul

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
While there is a lot of head nodding when it comes to the benefits of investing in Asia, it's a region that remains under represented based on its economic fundamentals, according to Jonathan Schuman, head of global business development at San Francisco-based ...

Financial Standard names FS Smileys finalists

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
The 2012 finalists of the Financial Standard Social Media Influence, Leadership + Excellence Scholarship (or "the Smileys"), sponsored by Zurich, were announced today ahead of the awarding of the Scholarship in Melbourne next week. The 12 finalists ...

Litigation risk to force advisers into multi-asset options: Russell

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
Scott Fletcher, director of client investment strategies at Russell, believes the threat of being liable for misdirected investment advice will see many planners, especially those specialising in life risk and other non-investment products, turn to ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
The results are all in. The week of punting is over... almost. And what have we got? A few lucky ones who gambled their life savings on "Green Moon" to win the Melbourne Cup and those who chose the seven winning numbers in Australia's A$100 million ...

Markets await promising China leadership change

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
China's upcoming leadership change will bring significant economic reforms promoting market efficiency and putting an end to fears of a hard landing, according to Threadneedle's Gigi Chan. As Barrack Obama prepares for four more years in office in the ...

Obama victory ignites fiscal cliff fears

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
A political quarrel surrounding the US fiscal cliff looks set to become the focal point for investors after Barrack Obama's narrow victory in the presidential race. President Obama's priority is to secure a budget deal with the US Congress to avoid ...

Political punch trading greatest risk to US economy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
Whatever the outcome of the US presidential election, the new leader must avoid being embroiled in political points scoring and instead focus on cementing the global recovery, according to Clime's Paul Zwi. As we wait for the votes to be counted Zwi ...

RBA says its ok

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
"At today's meeting, with prices data slightly higher than expected and recent information on the world economy slightly more positive, the Board judged that the stance of monetary policy was appropriate for the time being." This was how the Reserve ...

Gen-Y teach old dogs new investment tricks: RaboDirect

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
They may take exponentially longer to leave home, and have unrealistic job expectations, but Gen-Y are better with their finances than originally thought. According to a survey commissioned by RaboDirect, Gen-Y's financial know-how is often better than ...

Good not great but getting better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... Indonesia. In America, the Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing index rose to 51.7 in October - the highest since May - from 51.5 in September. Not only this, consumers are much happier too. Consumer confidence jumped to 72.2 last month ...