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YBR launches savings fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
Yellow Brick Road Holdings has launched its first high-performance savings solution in a bid to attract mum and dad investors to low-risk cash and bond markets. The YBR Smarter Money Fund invests in high-quality, investment grade cash assets and variable-rate ...

Boring same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... bloggeratis reported that it's because of Standard & Poor's comment that Greece may need to restructure its debt again "down the road". To this I say "duh"! Is there still anyone out there thinking that the second bailout was sufficient to salvage Greece? ...

Advisers told to rethink growth asset allocations

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
Advisers should rethink growth asset allocations and prepare to protect portfolios against fiscal constraints, delegates heard at an industry event. These were two key messages from global investment manager PIMCO, delivered at yesterday's Adviser's ...

Market ripe for private equity

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
Institutions deleveraging to shore-up balance sheets is leading to a buyer's market for private equity, according to one provider. "In Europe alone the banks need to deleverage their balance sheets by 1.5 to 2.5 trillion euros," said Reto Schwager ...

Legg Mason Real Income Fund rated Highly Recommended

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
Legg Mason's Australian Real Income Fund has received the rating of 'Highly Recommended' by research house Lonsec. Lonsec awarded the 'Highly Recommend' rating, in part, for the "improved resourcing and skills of the investment team responsible for ...

Future Fund builds Aust infra exposure

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
Future Fund has purchased 35 million shares in toll road operator Transurban for $192.7 million, to hold 6.78% as the fund continues its build its exposure in Australian infrastructure. Purchased through infrastructure fund manager RARE Infrastructure ...

Advisers should rethink China exposure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
Australian investors should think about price and the risk-return rewards of investing directly in China, according to one fund manager. "If you look at the Australian economy, it's very much a commodities economy and the growth and wealth generated ...

Where now brown cow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... usually times like these - times when the market is consolidating - they suggest that the market may have reached a fork in the road. Is it time to exit stage left while the going is still going or just to keep on going in anticipation of picking even ...

Australia's Apple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
Apple today convinced investors to stay. This was the general thrust on the why's and wherefore's of Wall Street's good performance overnight. Apple CEO Tim Cook didn't launch yet another iTech innovation, but his announcement made investors happy all ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
... string of figures from the United States that add to the growing optimism that the world's No.1 economy is finally on the road to recovery. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares snapped a 12-day rally as some investors locked in a 6.4 per cent gain. Fletcher ...