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Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... the official cash rate to a fresher low of 1.5% when its Board met on the 2nd of August. Below-target inflation is RBA's problem - headline at 1.0% in the June quarter; trimmed mean at 1.7%; weighted median at 1.3%. Target at 2.0% - 3.0%. But the Bank ...

Australians overconfident when it comes to income risk

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... overconfidence and an underestimation of the risk and maybe an overestimation of the cost. "In Australia, arguably the problem is more acute than it is in other markets at an overall level... There's quite a wide gap between the actual risk and people's ...

Goal based investing puts retirees in the spotlight

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... of goal based investing is that we're setting a whole set of goals and someone is able to say 'yes that goal suits my problem.' So as the portfolio manager I know their situation and I know how to invest that money relevant to that situation rather than ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... (stable); Profitability and Efficiency (deteriorating); and External Support (stable). Private not public debt is Australia's problem Australia's favourite doom forecaster, Professor Steve Keen, is at it again this time warning not just that Australia ...

PROFILE: Standard Life Investments head of Australasian business Simone Bouch

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... balances meeting before she was offered the role. "I remember looking out over the city and he said, "So you've got no problem moving to Edinburgh?" I was bit shocked but now I realise he was right. I had to be in the headquarters of the business, although ...

Rate cut would do little to help economy: WAM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... levels, which is 0. "At least that makes a little bit more sense than in the negatives and the hopefully we do. Although the problem with opening the fiscal gate of course is where do we stop, we didn't stop with this plan so where do we go with a fiscal ...

Bond investors must relax benchmark constraints

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... have gone down the negative policy route to try to revive economic growth and produce modestly positive inflation. The problem is that a large part of the global bond market now deliver negative yields. "Investors need to respond by relaxing the constraints ...

Hedge funds battle identity crisis

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
You could be forgiven for thinking hedge funds are facing a global identity crisis upon reading some of the latest research distributed across the institutional investment industry, but there are plenty of Australian managers and representatives willing ...

PROFILE: Metlife chief executive Deanne Stewart

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... argues is plaguing the industry, something she says will affect companies' ability to attract and retain key staff. A problem once deemed to affect more women than men; Stewart claims that this is no longer the case and that most companies have a long ...

Super gets reality check on engagement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
Choice chief executive Alan Kirkland told superannuation funds a few home truths this week, relaying several member perceptions about the industry ahead of research to be released by the consumer advocacy group. Speaking at an Association of Superannuation ...