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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
It's RBA meeting day and the overwhelming consensus is for the Australian central bank to do nothing. Seems like pretty good odds to me. No doubt the Board would be talkin' bout talks of Fed tapering and yes, the talked about again China slowing as ...

Mother of all hard landings and other BSes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Australia appears to have started this new week, new month, new quarter new financial year with a little bit more stride in its steps. This could be because of the world's biggest central bankers' comforting ...

AMP targets SMSFs for infrastructure and property funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
AMP Capital is launching a website as part of a new marketing campaign aimed at encouraging self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors to branch out into infrastructure and non-residential property. While residential property is a popular investment ...

Endowment bond product frees SMSFs to add risk

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The steady stream of reliable income provided by endowment bonds provides self-funded retirees with the certainty to take greater risk elsewhere in their portfolios, according to Endowment Bond Exchange (EBX) chief executive officer Stephen Duchesne. ...

AFA Adviser of the Year hands back AFSL, joins Affinia

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
Adviser Troy Edmondson has handed back his Australian financial services licence (AFSL) and is going to joining Affinia because compliance obligations were taking him away from his clients, he said. Edmondson has handed back the licence of Queensland-based ...

MetLife CEO to join Financial Services Council board

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
Marc Lieberman, the chief executive of MetLife Australia, has been appointed as a director to the board of the Financial Services Council (FSC). Peter Maher, chairman of the FSC welcomed the appointment at a time of change in the financial services ...

State Street appoints new head of Australia

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has appointed Lochiel Crafter as head of its Australian operations following the departure of senior managing director Robert Goodlad. Crafter was previously SSgA's head of investments for the Asia-Pacific region ...

Mercer's new retirement fund puts emphasis on capital growth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
Mercer has launched a multi-manager fund designed to allow tax exempt investors of retirement age to maximise their after-tax returns. The Mercer Australian Shares Fund for Tax Exempt Investors is designed to maximise capital growth as well as dividend ...

No need to fear 1994-style crash

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
The US Federal Reserve will get their policy action right, and there is no need to fear a 1994-style crash in bonds, according to Fidelity Worldwide Investment head of quantitative research David Buckle. Global bonds and equity markets have shown signs ...

Big banks move into SBB space

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
The Benevolent Society is teaming up with Westpac Institutional Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia to issue Australia's second Social Benefit Bond (SBB) to fund the establishment of The Family Preservation Service. The service will focus on ...