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Latest Financial Standard iPad edition available now

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... in the app through the 'Breaking News' section when connected to wireless Internet. For investment professionals, the research tables on super funds and managed funds performance data - supplied by Rainmaker Information and publishers in the print edition ...

Chinese small-and-mid caps undervalued

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... they have during rebounds from past periods of economic instability, said Alan Wang, senior fund manager and head of research in Shanghai for Value Partners Limited. "When investors allocate to equities, they usually prefer large caps, because of the ...

Core Data: Super members crave quality dialogue

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... that better quality communication from their fund would help foster a closer relationship, according to new Core Data research. CoreData's Member Engagement Report 2012, conducted via an online survey in September 2012, collected 1,030 responses from ...

netwealth adopts Morphic Global Opps Fund

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... netwealth distribution network. Managed by Morphic Asset Management, MGOF invests in global equities, using individual stock research and economic 'top-down' analysis, and is marketed to retail investors through financial planners. Morphic was established ...

Luddite firms off-radar: Schroders

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... electronic payment mechanisms, competitive pricing via product comparison websites and the growth of online reviews and research available online, Burns claims there's a significant force putting power back in the hands of consumers. Burns is cautious ...

Future Fund tarred by its tobacco stocks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... "[But] there are a lot of opinions about companies. People may have views about the way a company is operating. The key is research," he later added. Senator Di Natale acknowledged, however, that an Indonesian tobacco stock was the top performing company ...

Zenith expands analyst team

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
Zenith Investment Partners has appointed two investment analysts to its existing thirteen person research team to meet business growth demands. Andrew Yap joins Zenith as a senior investment analyst and has over 13 years' experience spanning financial ...

Advisers force life premiums down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... in recent years there has been significant evolution in the tools clients and intermediaries have at their disposal to research the market. "Since 2004 there have been a number of technological changes which have made comparing the various features of ...

It's raining, it's pouring good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... down the quantitative easing path. The good news out of Europa doesn't stop here folks. ZEW Center for European Economic Research index of investor and analyst expectations improved to minus 11.5 this month from minus 18.2 in September for its second ...

Public pension deficit exceeds $1trn

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... of $3.600 trillion, resulting in a funded status deficit of $895 billion and a funded ratio of 75.1%. However, the new research confirms that the shortfall is dramatically worse than first thought. The Milliman analysis - which uses an actuarial value ...