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Mercer unveils longevity insurance product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... longevity insurance solution, which it has called a 'world-first' and a 'retirement game changer'. Dubbed 'Mercer Lifetime Plus', the product behaves like a lifetime annuity, creating a 'pool of lives' and paying out an income until death. However, it ...

Instos too slow to make investment decisions

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... Roughly half of respondents said increasing the use of non-market driven strategies, such as absolute-return and inflation-plus instruments, would be an especially effective way to increase returns and decrease portfolio risk during the next 12 months. ...

Caterpillar economy turns into a butterfly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... day the S&P 500 dropped by around 3% intra-day, 10-year US bond yields fell below 2.0% intraday and the VIX jumped to a 30-plus reading intra-day. We know what happened then. The Fed, the BOE, the ECB and the BOJ went into action... with their words. ...

Financial Wisdom and Count also subject to higher standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... practitioner professional designation or a Master's in Financial Planning. It will also be valid to hold a degree in any field plus an accounting designation with one of the joint accounting bodies. "Applying these educational standards across the CBA ...

Chocolate biscuits and animal spirits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... hourly rate of pay (excluding bonuses) slowed to 2.6% in the second quarter of this year, down from an average of around 4.0% plus pre-GFC. What would Australian businesses do to lift profits when they've cut costs bone dry? Something's gotta give... ...

SelectingSuper fund award finalists announced

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... products and services offered by: Asgard, AustralianSuper, AvSuper, BUSS(Q), CareSuper, Catholic Super, CFS FirstChoice, Club Plus, Energy Super, Equipsuper, First State Super, Heffron SMSF Solutions, HESTA Super Fund, HOSTPLUS, Intrust Super,IOOF, legalsuper ...

Tax cap reform bill released

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... superannuation or take out an amount equal to their superannuation contributions in excess of the non-concessional contributions cap plus an associated earnings amount. These earnings would then be included in the individual's assessable income and taxed ...

Are we there yet?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... second quarter GDP growth figures were released three months ago we knew. It doesn't take a fourth grader to add 0% GDP growth plus low-flation (which discourages business and consumer spending) plus the geo-political troubles at the eurozone's doorstep ...

BlackRock opens global fixed income fund to local investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... strategies that seek to provide superior risk adjusted returns and greater diversification than typical fixed income core or core plus strategies Although new to the Australian market, the FIGO strategy has been in place in a US mutual fund since 2010. ...

Average September on average

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... but I get up again. Wall Street's major equity market recovered most of Thursday's losses Friday. Was it because iPhone 6 Plus aren't going bendy bendy anymore and that it has fixed its app bug? Was it because Putin's no longer thinking of trading sanctions ...