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NGS awards $300m mandate

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
Industry super fund NGS Super has awarded a $300 million mandate to an Australian global equities manager. Independently owned Bell Asset Management has been awarded the $300 million global equity mandate and will work closely with NGS to manage the ...

Small caps beating blue chips: Lonsec

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... have seen from small caps as a sector is very significant, especially given the fact that Australian equities entered bear market territory in early 2016," said Lonsec general manager of equities Peter Green. Green added, "Small caps have provided better ...

Behavioural coaching is the best route to 'adviser alpha'

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
Advisers are the solution to the question of why retail investors leave so much of the possible return available in markets on the table, according to Vanguard head of investment strategy group Asia Pacific, Jeff Johnson. Addressing an audience of financial ...

Gold starts to glisten (like 2008?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
... every part of the world that they have become a potent cause for mischief". While the heightened volatility and the "bear market" in equities and commodities continue to garner most of the attention - providing support to this outlook - the sharp rebound ...

Reversal of fortunes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... into a correction, Chinese equities recorded their biggest one-day dive since June 2007, Germany's bourse fell into a bear market, commodity prices were dropkicked to a 16-year low - reportedly triggered by China's devaluation of the yuan just over a ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... correction territory - Dow, Stoxx 600, FTSE-100, All Ords, Strait Times, Jakarta Composite, Taiex, KLCI, PSEi - or in a bear market -- Hang Seng - or highly volatile - Shanghai Composite - or down big time last week - Nikkei-225, Kospi, S&P/TSX composite. ...

Review portfolios in global bond market sell-off

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
... opportunities in response to the global bond market sell-off. "It is still too soon to say if this is the start of the bear market in bonds that some analysts have been forecasting for the last couple of years," he said. "Unsure if this is a blip or ...

Market wrap PM

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
The share market is weaker as another fall in oil prices hits energy stocks. The Brent price of crude oil has touched a fresh four-and-a-half year low after OPEC nations shied away from cutting production to deal with a global oversupply. "The price ...

Losing shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... and India -- had some 'experts' predicting gold 10,000. Just 13 months ago - in April 2013 - when gold went into a bear market, 'Business Insider' published a report headlined " $10,000?! These 8 Gold Ultra-Bulls Have Some Explaining To Do ". They sure ...

May worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... that in 2007 when the debt markets "correctly forecasted the coming risks in June 2007, or four months before a major bear market began in October" -- "...bond investors started to migrate away from junk bonds toward more conservative Treasuries (TLT) ...