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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... shrinks, the Japanese sharemarket sings hallelujah! If this still doesn't capture the "bad news is good news" meme, we might never, never know what will. The Nikkei-225 index soared by 7.2% at the end of yesterday's trade. It even gapped at the open ...

US growth stable due to resilient consumer-base

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... with a 12-year commodity super-cycle. Which, in turn, created a tremendous economic boom the likes of which the world had never seen before. Demand seemed insatiable, and companies borrowed to keep up with that tremendous demand." However, as demand ...

Death tax would save budget billions: Costello

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... decades to come. We urge the Federal Treasurer to look at this idea. It is an income option that cannot be ignored. There has never been a stronger case for an inheritance tax," Costello said. "It is estimated that within the next 50 years there will ...

AMP Capital adds infra fund to SMSF suite

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... infrastructure." AMP Capital Core Infrastructure Fund portfolio manager John Julian the need for infrastructure investment is a never-ending cycle as it helps stimulate sustainable, long-term economic growth, which then creates a further need for more ...

Synchron debuts new risk advice solution

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... price difference between yearly renewable premiums and the current level products available in Australia meant the latter never gained much traction. "That 200% level premium was always going to be a bitter pill to swallow," he added. As a result, Synchron ...

Pensioners want DB decision reversed

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
... whereby after-tax contributions of $150,000 per year could be made to super and it has now become clear "that measure was never intended to allow people who were contributing to their defined benefit super to load up their 'tax exempt amount'." "CPSA ...

ANZ rolls out new executive team

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
... world where connectivity and digital are more important to customers than ever before and where community expectations have never been higher," Elliott said. Also announced as part of the new senior leadership team were: Fred Ohlsson - group executive ...

Alternatives managers see record growth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
The global alternative assets industry saw record growth to $10.5 trillion in 2015, according to Preqin research. The Preqin Global Alternatives Report for 2016 indicated that this was primarily driven by growth in private equity, which saw $274 billion ...

China's January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
... new year on January 1st these same investors quickly reinvest their money in the market, causing stock prices to rise." Never mind, there's still the "as January goes, so goes the year" adage. As per, "The Stock Trader's Almanac", the direction of trading ...

MySuper assets rise strongly

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
MySuper assets rose almost 18% to $428 billion in the 12 months to June 2015, according to data from APRA. Now that total MySuper products represent $428 billion in assets, up from $363 billion in June 2014, that adds up to just over a third (34%) of ...