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High expectations suggests need for retirement advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... Shead said. Farley said advisers should be looking to strategies that balance off the challenges faced by investor confidence and have a mindset focused on an outcome as opposed to benchmark relativity.

Share market's rally comes to an end

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... Google and Netflix lifted the Nasdaq to a record high. IG Markets chief markets strategist Chris Weston said investor confidence was returning to global markets. "Some of the big macro concerns are abating which is helping the market," said Chris Weston ...

Australia bottom of the class for portfolio disclosure

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... "Portfolio disclosure, and the scrutiny that comes with it, underpins the efficacy of the market, lifting investor confidence and helping attract capital from investors."

Australians wary of new investments: Legg Mason

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... both overseas and locally according to global asset manager Legg Mason. Although weighted averages suggest investor confidence in Australia is high, it appears investors in the lucky country don't want to take the next step and enter into new investment ...

All roads leading to China's "one road"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... for home purchases - and expectations for more policy easing by the People's Bank of China (PBOC) boosted investor confidence, sending the Shanghai Composite index up by 2.5% yesterday. That's fine and dandy, Hamish & Andy, if you live day to day. But ...

Retail investor confidence in domestic market low

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
Retail investors say they have low confidence in Australia's economic outlook and a low appetite for investment risk, but their portfolios don't reflect that view. That's according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM)'s latest Retail Investor Survey ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... Europe's leading stock markets got a boost from expectations of further European Central Bank stimulus and better investor confidence in Germany. Locally, mining giant BHP Billiton releases its December quarter production report and in economic news ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... Swiss central bank's shock move to stop capping its currency's value against the euro added to already low investor confidence. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 32.2 points, or 0.61 per cent, at 5,299.2 points. The broader All Ordinaries index ...

SEC imposes US$4.16bn in penalties

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... than US$350 million in restitution orders. "The quality, breadth, and impact of these actions helped boost investor confidence and increase market integrity," noted the SEC. In contrast to Australian regulatory actions that often don't require companies ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street and European markets after data showed German investor confidence had returned for the first time this year. At 0852 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was ...