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401(k) plans to reach $6trn by 2018

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... savings vehicles in the overall US retirement system, surpassing all other retirement channels, with the exception of the retail IRA market. "As defined benefit (DB) plans become rarer, particularly within the private sector, 401(k) accounts will likely ...

Lonsec gains 2,800 users through iRate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
Lonsec Research will provide research to 2,800 financial planners following the acquisition of the iRate technology platform from the liquidator of the van Eyk group of companies. iRate's 2,800 users include financial planners from large licensees and ...

The Grinch is stealing Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
Where would this, 'tis the season to be jolly, without the Grinch stealing Christmas? Just when we thought financial markets would be jingling all the way into the New Year - helped by the unarguably strong US employment report for November - we're ...

Sliding oil price would stop the slide in the oil price

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
The cartel that controls 40% of oil production - the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) - met and concluded their 166th meeting in Vienna, Australia last night. The conclusion: "...in the interest of restoring market equilibrium, the ...

Lonsec acquires van Eyk's iRate business

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
Lonsec Research has acquired iRate's technology and client base from the van Eyk group of companies, currently in liquidation. The acquisition confirms Lonsec's strategy to fast track their technology offering to the financial planning and fund manager ...

Van Eyk goes into liquidation

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
Van Eyk creditors have voted to put the business into liquidation following a recommendation from administrator Moore Stephens, which has just signed term sheets for the sale of the van Eyk Australia and New Zealand businesses. A Moore Stephens spokesperson ...

Lonsec confirms interest in van Eyk's iRate

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
Lonsec Fiscal is "extremely interested" in acquiring van Eyk Research's core research and portfolio construction solution, iRate. "Lonsec Fiscal is extremely interested in acquiring the iRate technology and its clients," a Lonsec spokesperson told Financial ...

The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
Say it again, Homer. "I'm in a place where I don't know where I am!" For those who've just tuned in, Wall Street was going, even sending the S&P 500 index up by 1.3% overnight, until it slipped... on oil. The action du' nuit is captured in Bloomberg's ...

Are we there yet?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
"What's the point of going out, we're just going to end up back here anyway?" Must give it to Homer, he really spits out good logic. Nah, not the literary giant that penned the Iliad and the Odysssey, but Homer the Simpson. Homer's words came to mind ...

Nikko AM ups weighting to global shares

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
Nikko Asset Management has increased its overweight in global equities in light of a positive macroeconomic environment and accommodative US monetary policy. The global investment committee of the Tokyo-based asset manager decided to raise its overweight ...