GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

Financial planning

Increased turnover is expected in financial services as specialists take their bonuses and run....

Life/Risk

A study of the general insurance sector has revealed the degree to which natural disasters have affected premium levels....

Funds management

Global assets under management in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded products will pass US$2 trillion in early 2012, and US$2 trillion purely in ETFs by the...

Financial planning

Standard & Poor’s rates Arrowstreet as the top large cap international equities quantitative manager....

Financial planning

Standard & Poor’s rates Arrowstreet as the top large cap international equities quantitative manager....

Financial planning

Overseas money in the form of investments and export sales will drive further growth in the Indian economy in 2011, according to Atlas Capital Management managing directo...

Financial planning

The underlying product thresholds defining retail and wholesale investments are set to double as the Government canvasses new rules....

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Financial planning

It is likely that Australia’s major banks could withstand a severe downturn in the domestic mortgage market, although such a downturn is probably not imminent, acco...

Editorial

Pre-occupation with quantitative analysis in the financial markets has not necessarily served us well, says Mark Arnold. He explains how and why modern portfolio theory h...

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Financial planning

Chris Caton weighs up the chances of a slowdown in China, a double-dip recession in the US and sovereign debt problems in Europe during 2011....

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Editorial

Shane Oliver outlines the key points likely to impact investor sentiment during the next 12 months....

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Funds management

New data reveals the degree to which hedge funds struggled to outperform amid recovering markets and lower volatility....

Financial planning

Plato Investment Management has hired a second senior portfolio manager in as many months, appointing Dr Mark Thompson to the role....

Funds management

The demand from retail investors for direct and listed property is slowly returning – a trend set by institutional investors in 2010....

Financial planning

Despite the global economic downturn, positive investor sentiment is starting to return, which is good news for Australia, says Darren Moglia....

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