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Bank super incentives 'unlawful': ISA

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... "Yet there is no civil penalty for breach of section 68A of the Act to deter this behaviour. Furthermore, employees have little practical recourse if their employer is persuaded to switch their super to one of the bank-owned superannuation funds which ...

Marketing key to $480bn post-retirement opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
A high proportion of those in or near retirement have little idea what to do when it comes to choosing a post-retirement product and that uncertainty could be costing the superannuation industry as much as $480 billion. That's the conclusion of a recently ...

Patience, my dear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
"Ooh love me, please, just a little bit longer Together we can make it..." - Yvonne Elliman Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. Speculations leading up to this, and interpretations, dissections - and more speculations - of the US Federal Reserve's ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... commodities and oil prices are prompting investors to avoid mining and energy stocks. "I think this is all keeping people just a little bit cautious, and hence why there's no real moves in the market," he said. "We're in a bit of a holding pattern at ...

PROFILE: NAB head of wealth Andrew Hagger

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... the long way. His journey from the quiet suburb of Adelaide Hills to Melbourne CBD stretched through over 40 countries in little more than 20 years. The youngest of three boys, Hagger grew up in Adelaide Hills and attended the same school where his father ...

Super funds turning to passive to tackle high fees

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... up costing investors more than $150,000 compared to cheaper funds. The research revealed that fees vary widely from as little as 0% to as much as 2.33% while the average fee is 1.15%. After allowing for inflation, super funds charging fees of 2.33% need ...

Fixed income offers little equity risk protection: CFM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
Ultra low interest rates across the developed world mean investors have lost the ability to use fixed income assets as their central pillar of protection against equity market risk. That's according to one of the heads of the $6 billion French hedge ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... cent in an announcement on Tuesday afternoon. Rate cut expectations have boosted the major banks. "I suspect there is a little bit of buy the rumour going on - the rumour of the rate cut," OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said. "So we are a little ...

I cut, you cut, I cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... open country like Australia compete with the might of the Fed that just recently announced that it'll be patient for a little while longer (and still re-investing the proceeds of its asset purchases), the Bank of Japan (BOJ) that's in the midst of QE ...

Fight or be beggared by the neighbours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... Fed's counter move delivered on 23-24 Feb when Yellen told the Senate and then Congress that she'll remain "patient" for a little while longer. You think Janet's being magnanimous? No way, Jose. It's war, it's war I tell you - currency war, that is. ...