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AXA inflows stay strong after June 30

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
... put this down to investor preference for cash term deposits, thanks to local rates of 8.25 per cent, financial market volatility and the collapse of local finance companies, among others

Vanguard arms investors with Plain Talk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
... test and improve their knowledge on each topic. Jeremy Duffield, managing director at Vanguard, said recent market volatility had highlighted the need for investors to understand what they are invested in while reinforcing the importance of a long term ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... Television, Energy Developments and Challenger Infrastructure and a few others are up," he said. He expected market volatility to continue. "It is the anniversary of the crash in 1987 so it is a bit hard to tell exactly what is happening... but my gut ...

Both feet firmly on the high wire

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... The knock on effects where felt in a wide variety of markets, with rising credit spreads, currency and equity market volatility, and structured credit products in particular became the pariahs of the investment landscape. "Viewed in a medium-term context ...

AXA survey dispels retiree myth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2007
... outside the family home. It found that many retirees want to invest more to achieve their retirement goals but market volatility and the fear of losing their money discourages them from doing so. Steve Burgess, general manager wealth management of AXA ...

Diversification under the microscope

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
... investors to re-assess how diversified their investment portfolios are and whether they can withstand further market volatility. Damien Crowley, general manager of adviser distribution of Perpetual, said the current market swings "has re-emphasised the ...

Merger to create $10bn property fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2007
... look at property in Australasia, the US and Europe. One of the other reasons, Scott said, was negating currency market volatility losses. "That's [the merger] really allowing it for the first time to get a capital hedge, so that it doesn't have the volatility ...

Core-satellite investing gets the balance right

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2007
... said at a seminar for financial planners in Melbourne this month. While the recent sub-prime collapse caused market volatility and troubled indexed investments, Houlihan said that historically, index funds outperformed about two thirds of actively-managed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
... "There has been a fair bit of selling in BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, and the banks as well." Foulsham predicted market volatility would continue for several months. "There are a few crucial events that will have an impact, (mainly) the US and Australian ...

Knee jerk over little Beige Book

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
... widely harmed and the Beige Book confirmed the US economy "has continued to expand' in most districts. August market volatility barely impacted the broader economy: "outside of real estate, reports that the turmoil in financial markets had affected economic ...