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Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... overnight. The S&P 500 index hardly budged - up 0.01% -- to close at 2,000.12 points after touching the round 2,000 point mark plus some change the day before. Like I typed yesterday, this 2,000 round number has now turned from the psychological resistance ...

Stagflation is real in Brazil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... that it has gone nowhere since the middle of 2012. Worse, it's underperformed emerging market equities - minus 2.0% versus plus 8.7% -- since 2013 to date and trails its peers - 3.3% versus 23.8% -- since the start of 2012. No kinder surprises here ...

Age of the billion-dollar financial adviser

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... precursor in the early 90s), Crowne discusses where an MDA worked in turning a client's portfolio from $1.9m to $1.4m, a property plus $3.3m over a 23-year period. His journey and those of three other financial advisers will be discussed at the Best ...

Giving through PAFs back to pre-crisis level

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... has increased from $31 to $494 since data collection began in 1979, rising by 8.8% per year. The number of public $1million plus gifts continues to rise, with new gifts also creating or enhancing substantial foundations and cause-specific endowments. ...

Suncorp CEO rewarded for profit growth

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... are also being rewarded with an $895 million dividend payout, with the final dividend up 10 cents to 40 cents per share, plus a special dividend of 30 cents up from 20 cents a year ago. The company's shares rose to their highest level since 2008, adding ...

Stan Life Inv GARS added to Macquarie Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... 2014. The multi asset strategy has a risk expectation of a third to half of the equity market, with a target return of cash plus 5% per annum (gross of fees), over rolling three-year periods. The volatility of the fund over the four-year period has been ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... lead on Friday. Another day of losses on Monday would be the longest run of outs in four years. US markets made one per cent-plus gains on Friday. IG chief market strategist Chris Weston said while the start on the ASX was healthy it was disappointing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... Labor Department reported that the US economy added 209,000 jobs in July, down from June but maintaining the solid 200,000-plus monthly streak since February. The market had expected 230,000. The unemployment rate rose a mere 0.1 point to 6.2 per cent ...

ASIC cracks down on advisers over PI insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... Limited, Michael James Dougherty, Strategy Portfolio Limited, John Patrick Mcauley, Neville Krynauw & Associates and Accountants Plus. ASIC also referred three licensees for further action for failure to have adequate compensation arrangements and released ...

NGS launches income-focused retirement product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... asset allocation ratio of 56% to 44%. It aims to achieve a capital return before tax and fees above Australian inflation, plus an income return before tax and fees above the RBA cash rate, while having a priority of capital preservation over capital ...