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Lifecycle funds startlingly varied

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... puts members aged 25 in an option with only 70% in growth assets. Interestingly, this lower risk mix, which QSuper calls 'Outlook' has not hampered performance - it is one of the best performing options in the survey. In fact, across all the lifecycle ...

Fed's plan slips on oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... level Standard Chartered Bank predicts. As recent Fed commentaries warned, "With respect to the risks to the inflation outlook, the most concerning is the possibility that inflation expectations become unanchored to the downside" (NY Fed pres Dudley) ...

Economic experts still defensive in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... sharemarket, overplaying risks to respective economies. The discussion earlier this month also said Australia's economic outlook continued to be one of slower-than-usual growth. "It's in much the same situation as the global economy, with growth constrained ...

Equity benchmarks too risky amid volatility: SSGA

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... approach amid recent and likely on-going market volatility. In the company's active Australian equities Annual Review and Outlook 2015/2016, SSGA's head of active quantitative equity for Asia Pacific, Olivia Engel and senior portfolio manager Toby Warburton ...

Drown baby, drown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... inflation to target". So did New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley: "With respect to the risks to the inflation outlook, the most concerning is the possibility that inflation expectations become unanchored to the downside". The policy response ...

AustralianSuper merges investment options

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... driven in part by the decline in the prices of key commodities along with lower interest rates and a more subdues growth outlook for the global economy. The new investment options are the most popular in their class and AustralianSuper says they have ...

China's January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
... of greater concern for most investors everywhere. This is because of its negative implication over the country's growth outlook - i.e, Beijing's off to fight the currency war to boost its exports and therefore, growth. Or it could be that it's given ...

Lesson in expectations management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... December. The Fed's decision to take the fed funds rate off virtual zero conveyed to one and all its confidence over the outlook for the US economy ("...the economy is performing well and is expected to so, says Yellen). But doesn't the ECB's decision ...

ETF businesses bullish on growth prospects

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... from institutional investors, and innovative product development were found to be the key drivers for the strong growth outlook across the industry. Almost all respondents (91%) expect to achieve a cumulative annual growth rate of more than 10% over ...

MYEFO writes down billions in super fund taxes

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... superannuation funds will not have the greatest 2016 after significant tax write downs in the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) were released yesterday. Superannuation fund taxes have been written down $1.4 billion (14.9%) in 2015-16. A total ...