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What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Impressive! Nah Virginia, I refer not to the big bouncy bouncy Wall Street and European equity markets did last night - which almost instantaneously affirmed the rant I scribbled on this space yesterday that "the bad and the bad and the bad" that spooked ...

China's trade trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
Crrr-unch! That's the sound of China's trade numbers collapsing. And it was a thunderous thud, Virginia. The country's trade surplus shrank to US$3.08 billion in March from $60.6 bil in February and expectations for a US$40 bil print. With imports dropping ...

Emerging markets a no go in 2015

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... positive start to 2014 reversed dramatically in the second half as investors took flight from emerging markets and retreated to safe havens in developed markets. In the past year there were heavy losses for equities in key regions such as Brazil and ...

Funds wrestling with liquidity problem

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
Future Fund managing director David Neal has expressed concern at the lack of safe, liquid investments available for institutional investors to deploy their vast amounts of cash. Asked at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Investment ...

Hyperion closes funds to new investors

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
Hyperion Asset Management is soft-closing its retail funds and has already completely closed its institutional business to new inflows. The soft closure for retail investors will take effect as at 30 April 2015. The fund manager will no longer accept ...

Legg Mason appoints custodian

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
Legg Mason Australia has appointed RBC Investor & Treasury Services as its custodian and administrator. Part of the Royal Bank of Canada, RBC Investor & Treasury Services has provided investment administration outsourcing services to fund managers in ...

Defensive pension pots just won't last

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
Portfolio diversification and a greater allocation to growth assets are likely to help retirees make their superannuation last longer, according to modelling by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and State Street Global Advisors ...

Labor backs ASIC data retention authority

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Shadow Attorney General Mark Dreyfus voiced his support for amendments to the Government's data retention bill which authorise the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to retain telecommunications data for the purposes of investigating ...

Tasplan Super chief executive to stand down

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... looking forward to what the future holds," Cassidy said. "I wish Tasplan all the best for the future and I know it will be in safe hands." In November last year Tasplan announced it would be merging with Quadrant Super to create a super fund with some ...

Super not "a top-up" for Age Pension: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
Superannuation should no longer be considered "a top-up" for the Age Pension and the tax treatment of super debate can't be brought up in isolation, the Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive Sally Loane said in her inaugural speech. "The ...