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Stakeholders form retirement panel to assist advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
Industry stakeholders have formed a Panel for Retirement that will assist advisers in meeting the investment needs of their clients through white papers and research. The panel is formed by Lonsec Research, Milliman, BT Investment Management, Colonial ...

Aged care costs to rise as complexity increases

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
The aged care reform due to start from July 1, 2014, is likely to increase the complexity of the sector's rules, which will raise the costs of aged care services and put further financial strain on families. Advisers will as a result need to take legislative ...

Congress dysfunction hits US bond confidence

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
Political dysfunction in the US has raised concerns the super power may not fully pay bond holders, a risk formerly only associated with emerging market economies. BlackRock Inc has just released its latest 'Willingness to Pay' report that contains ...

Victim of success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
Stronger, stronger, slowly getting stronger. Worldwide focus has been on the Fed and Washington over the past few months but that seems to have distracted some observers from seeing the positive developments across the Atlantic; though methinks Europe ...

Advice main concern in FOS investment disputes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
Financial advice keeps being the main concern for consumers who lodge investment-related claims to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). The FOS 2012-13 annual review found an 11% reduction of all disputes. In total, the FOS received 32,307 disputes ...

Future Fund boosts exposure to global equities, infra

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
The Future Fund has increased its exposure to infrastructure and global equities in both developed and emerging markets and, at the same time, it has reduced its exposure to debt securities and alternatives. "Across economies, policy efforts to lift ...

Higher inflation triggered by central bank decisions

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
The US Federal Reserve's decision to put tapering on hold has heightened the risk of developed world economies entering a period of higher inflation, according to Ardea Investment Management principal Tamar Hamlyn. The fixed-income specialist said that ...

Brumby lauds Cbus board pay disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
Former Victorian premier John Brumby has praised Cbus for the full disclosure of its board members' remuneration in its annual report, saying the fund is setting the precedent for the future. The former Labor politician, who is now chair of MTAA Super ...

SIFMA talks up Wall Street cyber defences

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
The US Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) has released its assessment report of their Wall Street cyber attack simulation and while it confirms their protocols performed adequately, it was the soft attack weapons that were ...

QE infinity anybody?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
We're back! Yes Virginia, the financial market world's returning to where they were before - I'd say before 22 May 2013. You know the one, the day Ben Bernanke testified before Congress and was asked if the Fed is "going to tighten by Labor Day?" The ...