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Cashed-up China eyes US investments

Since the GFC, the investment traffic flow has been all one way from Europe and the US into Asia, but signs are emerging that US investment opportunities are attracting Asian interest. Stirring the most interest appears to be US infrastructure, said ...

Aus equities forecast to return 20pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... pointed out some compelling reasons that will buoy local shares. "This is through the combo of good earnings growth since the GFC and further growth in earnings over the next next six months, plus the hint of inflation, which the share market likes," ...

Sunsuper adds another property mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... 12-month and 5-year periods found direct property has been significantly less volatile than its listed counterparts since the GFC, delivering higher returns. Several other super funds are looking at direct property investments including Professional ...

Egypt not just another pyramid scheme

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... could create would be enough to put upward pressure underneath oil prices just as the world is beginning to recovery from the GFC. The risks of a recessionary contraction in global economic activity unless OPEC is able to quickly bring on stream part ...

Maritime gives members a work out

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... types of advice on offer and what value those services deliver. Some 57 per cent don't trust their fund as much since the GFC. Additionally, recent survey figures from online bank RaboDirect found that one third of Australians feel their finances are ...

Three in five advisers opt out of opt-in: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
... look at how investors reacted during the global financial crisis. "Had the opt-in requirement existed at the height of the GFC, many advisers' clients - having experienced significant portfolio losses, as most people did - would have chosen to cut their ...

China no slow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... at a flick of a finger "dictate" to let investment and spending run like they did in 2009 to cushion their economy from the GFC. There's lesser chance for Beijing to commit a policy mistake than your usual run of the mill democracy. The government does ...

Platforms climb back from GFC to $399bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... (FUA) climbed 9.5 per cent to $399 billion in the 12 months to end September 2010, confirming they have fully recovered their GFC losses, reveals research just released by Rainmaker. This platform growth broadly matched superannuation's 8 per cent growth ...

Fees for alternatives under pressure

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... and the timing couldn't be worse for alternatives as many funds struggle to assert their diversification credentials, post-GFC. According to a Mercer survey of more than 20,000 asset management products from over 4,000 investment management firms across ...

AMP to launch Singapore direct property arm

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... Singapore as being our major areas." Bird said that Singapore is currently well positioned to continue what it started pre-GFC and become an Asian hub for REITs. He predicts that pension funds and the like will respond to investor demand for traditional ...