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Emerging market turmoil is a buying opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
Investors should seize the recent falls in emerging market equity markets as an opportunity to buy quality companies at a more attractive price, according to global large cap specialist Insync Fund Managers. The fund house is not altering its portfolio ...

Obama launches myRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
President of the United States Barack Obama has proposed a new retirement savings program called MyRA to help Americans prepare for retirement. The plan was unveiled in last week's 2014 State of the Union address. The plan will not require Congressional ...

Of horse trades and the January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
Boyoboyoboy, by the looks of it...we're really in trouble now, real trouble. Nah, not talkin' bout the Fed taking another US$10 billion away, neither that dreadful indication that China is continuing to slow nor renewed deflation fears in the eurozone ...

Brookvine inks US micro cap deal

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
US micro cap specialist Thomson Horstmann & Bryant (THB) has appointed Brookvine to help launch itself into the Australian market. As distribution partner, Brookvine will provide structuring, fund raising and investor relations services for the manager ...

Investec's Smith to replace Nicks as Australian head

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
Investec Bank (Australia) has appointed senior corporate advisor Ben Smith to head of Investment Banking following the resignation of Christian Nicks. In an announcement to the media, Investec said Nicks has left in order to pursue other opportunities. ...

SMSFs retarding growth in Australia: Credit Suisse

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
Self-managed super funds (SMSFs) "are retarding growth in Australia" by controlling much of the equity that could be used for new investment and demanding dividend increases instead. A Credit Suisse report called "The rise of the Selfies" notes that ...

Credit to escape impending bond rout

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
Fixed income investors should avoid the worst of the impact of rising interest rates by holding bonds with higher yields, according to UBS Wealth Management global chief investment officer Alexander Friedman. With interest rates at record lows across ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
The Australian market is set to open lower when trade resumes after the Australia Day long weekend. Wall Street fell for the fifth consecutive session overnight, as investors wait on key economic developments in the US and global economy. At 0800 AEDT ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
Australian shares are weaker, following surprisingly weak Chinese manufacturing data. The HSBC purchasing managers' index on Thursday showed Chinese manufacturing activity fell to a six-month low in January, with a reading of 49.6, down from December's ...

Fund manager criticises "rip-off" fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
The fees charged by the funds management industry are simply too high and cannot be justified, a veteran international equities stock-picker has said. Dundas Global Investors (DGI) chief executive Alan McFarlane has more than 30 years' industry experience. ...