Australian investors and advisers did not anticipate the woes currently besetting global and domestic share markets this month according to recent data collected by CoreData.
The All Ords is down 6.6% in November, however at the end of October both investors and advisers were optimistic as to the …
Asset allocation decisions are more trying than usual for UK investors right now. Fears of a slowdown in consumer spending, high oil prices and the strong position of Sterling suggest investors and the UK market could be in for a rocky ride.
Historically UK investors have long held …
Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man, former US President Ronald Reagan once said.
In China, investors who hold their money in savings and term deposit accounts are slowly appreciating this perspective with the average …
Reforming expensive European pension systems such as France and Italy is infinitely easier to talk about than it is to take action.
However France’s new president, Nicolas Sarkozy, has made pension reform a key battle ground in his first major confrontation with the nation’s unions representing public sector …
If laughter is the best medicine then investors who lost money as a result of turmoil in the US sub-prime market may take solace from a parody out of the United Kingdom.
In a week when US Citigroup chief Charles Prince stepped aside after steering the company to …
There is a battle looming in financial services between three different armies - the big service franchise, the guerilla independents and the hero products.
The franchises are going for straight volume – using the brand and the systems and sheer weight of push marketing to drive their growth, the …
