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Managers up risk on improved sentiment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
Manager sentiment was up in Q1 causing a strong swing to growth assets, according to a survey by global asset manager Russell Investments. Improving outlooks for the US and Europe were seen as contributing factors to positivity with Australian shares ...

Legg Mason Real Income Fund rated Highly Recommended

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... aims to provide an income stream to Australian investors by innovatively combining hard assets such as listed property (A-REIT's), toll roads, airports and other utilities. Legg Mason's Portfolio Manager of Real Assets Ashton Reid said hard assets represent ...

Recycled scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
Roll out, no, no, put that barrel of fun back. Roll out the bad news. Which one? Would you like the one about Greece defaulting or the one that talks about Europe heading for (already in) recession? Or do you prefer a reiteration of the tale of China ...

FOFA discontent rumbles on after PJC findings

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
Opt-in, annual fee disclosure and best interest remain the sticking points for industry bodies following yesterday's release of the Parliamentary Joint Committee report on FOFA. The 220 page report, which took into account over 70 submissions from concerned ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
The Australian dollar has lifted almost one US cent, on the back of optimistic business data from Germany, and commentary from the Australian reserve bank. At 1200 AEDT on Friday, the Australian dollar was trading at 107.46 US cents, up from 106.47 ...

Eyes turn to monetary policy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
Australian GDP growth will slow this year shifting the focus back to monetary policy and Macquarie Group chief economist Richard Gibbs forecasts the RBA will respond with two more rate cuts during 2012. Gibbs was speaking at the 2012 Financial Standard ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
Australian stocks have opened slightly higher after mixed leads from offshore bourses kept investors wary ahead of the start of the local earnings season. Wall Street ended lower after US gross domestic product (GDP) data missed expectations - despite ...

AMP: FOFA needs a rigorous stocktake

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
AMP has come down hard on the government's draft FOFA legislation, saying the Bill as it stands had "so many problems" a "rigorous stocktake" was needed. Appearing before the Parliamentary Joint Committee yesterday, managing director AMP Financial Services ...

CFSGAM: REITS are a safe bet

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
Institutional investors are missing out on discounted, transparent and volatility-safer assets by following the traditional investment strategy of bricks and mortar property assets, said one CFSGAM portfolio manager. Antoinette Plater, senior portfolio ...

UBS: Diversify to prevent fatigue

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
Markets remain turbulent with persistent worries over Europe but the Union will "make up, not break up", according to George Boubouras from UBS. However, investors should remain diversified across all asset classes to protect from "fatigue". George ...