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Strong USD reflects (deflects) lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... low of 93.46 to 97.24 overnight. But it's not only the "lift-off now" expectations that are lifting the US dollar now it's safe-haven buying due to the return of "contagion" spook in Europe as evidenced by the drop in the yield on 10-year US treasuries ...

AIA launches business life insurance benefit

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
Business owners are able to increase their life insurance without providing evidence of health via a new product recently launched by AIA Australia. The life insurer's new Business Safeguard Forward Underwriting Benefit (FUB) will allow business owners ...

Age pension kept at highest indexation rate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
In the absence of an increase in the superannuation guarantee, industry representative groups agree Australians will need to put more money in to their super accounts after changes to the Age Pension were announced in the federal budget. Most changes ...

SEC and FINRA issue robo warning

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
The US Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) has issued a warning to investors regarding what it calls 'automated investment tools,' a group of web-based tools that include robo-advisers. The warning, prepared by the SEC's Office of Investor Education ...

Bank results underpin wealth management new era

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
As the big four banks prepare for the end of the extraordinary bull run experienced since the global financial crisis, their wealth management arms also gear up for a new era. In a more challenging market and regulatory environment, the focus for the ...

Bond bears out of hibernation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... "quite high". But then qualified that, "Now, they're not so high when you compare the returns on equities to the returns on safe assets like bonds, which are also very low, but there are potential dangers there". But this only brings us back to that ...

Henderson launches dividend-seeker fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
Henderson Global Investors has launched in Australia its Global Equity Income Fund, which seeks to invest in dividend paying stocks. The fund is managed by Henderson's global equity income team, led by head of global equity income Alex Crooke, and it ...

Retirees 'much worse' off: RBA

JASON CADDEN FOR AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... Stevens says. Central banks around the world have lowered their interest rates to stimulate their economies, causing yields on safe investments such as term deposits to fall. That forces retirees to take more risks than they would have needed to in the ...

ISA urges government to keep super safety net

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
Industry Super Australia has called for the super safety net to be retained, arguing that scrapping it would collectively cost employers $1.8 billion. Dropping the safety net would allow retail MySuper funds to compete in the default superannuation ...

Industry responds to Grattan report

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
Industry Super Australia and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia have responded to the latest Grattan report on superannuation fees. In a statement, ISA chief executive David Whiteley said the report served as further evidence of bank-owned ...