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Peak in investment spend to herald lower growth: Barclays economist

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... A$ to trade at around US$1.04, and for the bond yield to remain under the 3.5% cash rate. Davies expects to see a strong switch by major banks and larger offshore investors into state government debt which offers a higher return. He also expects an additional ...

Defensive investors may have traded risks

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
Australian investors may have traded equity risk for interest rate risk, by switching into cash, said Doug Turek, managing director, Professional Wealth. "When people jump from growth to defensive, they place their savings in the hands of central banks," ...

GBST Composer suite FoFA ready

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... be FoFA compliant will be a challenge for every player within the industry. "But we're enabling our clients to rapidly switch onto the requirements that will provide them with a market differentiator window." Link to the review: http://gbst.com/App_A ...

Smarter lifecycle approach to staunch SMSF flow

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... phase. There is genuine concern in the industry that while SMSFs make sense for some people, a higher number are making the switch out of regulated funds due to recent negative returns and "jumping at the wrong time," according to Simone Bouch, investment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street pared early gains to close similarly flat. At 0752 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was up two points at 4,258. In economic news on Wednesday ...

ASIC calls for kill-switch

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... proposing will strengthen our protection against the type of disruption we have seen recently in other markets." The kill-switch function ASIC is seeking would be used to prevent systemic damage to the market as a consequence of automated trading. Earlier ...

Super loyalty defies low return expectations

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
CoreData research reveals robust investor attachment to non-performing funds. It is investor apathy, argues Kristen Turnbull the researcher's head of advice, wealth and super which led over half of the members surveyed (57%) to suggest they would stick ...

Fidelity calls rising tide for equities

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
Having been bearish on equities for the past 18 months, there is growing evidence for cautious optimism on the part of equity investors. Equities have been pushed down by fears of a European crisis, however equity markets have "switched out of panic ...

Provisio SOA tool can test 'reasonable basis'

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... the new fund has higher fees and can't replicate the client's existing insurance, it's going to be harder to justify a switch." Provisio's tool considers the sum of all existing life, TPD, and income protection insurance the client holds across all existing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's strong performance on Friday with the Dow advancing 1.62 per cent amid expectations Beijing will act to stimulate its economy after reporting growth had slowed to 7.6 per cent in ...