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Low rates set to push fixed income ETF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... allocation. But cash has not benefited from the recent drop in rates and "advisers are starting to acknowledge that hybrids are a poor proxy for fixed income. "You're starting to see a real transition: hybrids are fine until something goes wrong and ...

Super is working but can be improved: Ripoll

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... target areas for improvement such as the gender imbalance and a lack of engagement. He also pointed to tax inequality and a poor retirement income system but acknowledged that constant tinkering with the system would undermine it. "I have no doubt that ...

Beauty in(foreign) beholders' eyes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... that was "recession-like..." The bad news doesn't end here. There's more. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) quoted Standard & Poor's analyst Craig Michaels saying that, ""If there is a significant external shock, it's very likely that that would have a significant ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... just one per cent. Telstra was steady at $6.63 and TPG Telecom had dropped 16 cents to $7.27. The energy sector was another poor performer, with Woodside down 68 cents at $35.77, Oil Search down seven cents at $8.41 and Santos seven cents weaker at $8.23. ...

Government urged to leave super taxation alone

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... which stakeholders could be immensely proud. However, he added provision must be made to protect self-directed savers from poor financial advice. "The most important remedy is to lift the professionalism of financial advisers - a message that the SMSF ...

OPINION: The Achilles heel of unbundled services

DARREN SPEIRS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
The popularity of self-managed super funds (SMSFs) has fuelled the rapid growth of an extensive range of unbundled services that promise trustees greater choice and control, as well as lower costs than traditional bundled services. However as Darren ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... Coca-Cola Amatil and Iluka Resources are slated to release full year results. In Australia, the market on Monday overcame a poor start to finish slightly higher, led by the major banks and the resources sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 11.2 ...

Focus on yield is distorting asset prices: PM Capital

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... opportunity to minimise the risk of another yield trap." "While yield has its place, a myopic focus on yield can lead to poor investment outcomes, if other factors are not considered," he said. Thompson noted that assuming that current circumstances ...

Reconsider life insurance commission ban: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
Life insurance status quo must change and the Life Insurance and Advice Working Group should reconsider banning commissions from risk advice, Industry Superannuation Australia (ISA) said in its submission to the inquiry. ISA noted that the working group ...

Tsipras has a dream

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... wage; restoring the income tax-free threshold; stopping privatisations; provision of free electricity and food stamps for the poor; a a,-700 monthly stipend to pensioners, among others. Tsipras campaigned and won on this platform and he's sticking to ...