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Interest rates to tumble below 2.5%: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
Interest rates could fall to record lows as the Australian economy struggles against a weaker mining sector and low global growth, according to BlackRock's Australian head of fixed income Stephen Miller. The investment specialist says that the rosy ...

Aging and deleveraging impact long-term growth: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
Aging demographics and an ongoing process of debt deleveraging pose the biggest challenges to investors over the coming years, according to a report by UBS. While cyclical factors tend to dominate day-to-day market movements, according to the asset ...

MySuper perceived as re-badging exercise

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
After engaging with the superannuation industry, it is obvious that there are a wide variety of responses to MySuper product design, said Bravura Solutions' head of product. Many funds are just treating MySuper as a chance to re-badge the default scheme ...

Fed money on the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
It's a good day in the markets overnight and this is because... Let me hear you say it... optimism on the fiscal cliff. Yes, that's it. Tomorrow, we'll just change the word 'optimism' to 'pessimism' should the tape tell a tale of woe. I could stop here ...

Federal election to compound market uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
The Australian election will put the giant mining and banking sectors at risk of regulatory reform while investors are entering a period of heightened uncertainty, according to a recent report from Political Monitor, a political risk research and advisory ...

Market anxiety shrouds SMSF appetite for equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
Self-managed super fund members' allocations to equities has not kept pace with the rise in value shown by the strong recent performance of the Australian share market, the Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey for September shows. The survey covered ...

The demise of asset consulting vastly exaggerated: Russell

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
Business might be slow, but Russell Investments has said that there are still opportunities for its asset consulting business in Australia. In the first six months of this year, Russell did not receive one Request for Tender, said Greg Liddell, managing ...

Poisoned chalice awaits next US president

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Whatever the outcome of the US election, the President will have to face up to fiscal cliff or jeopardise the global recovery, according to Standard Life Investment's Andrew Milligan. With both presidential candidates rounding the final corner of their ...

ASIC seeks adviser feedback on FOFA code of conduct

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
Following on from ASIC's recent release on the approval of the Future of Financial Advice code of conduct consultation paper, the regulator is calling on further adviser feedback after flagging concerns around three key issues. Australia's corporate ...

Aligned or independent: Advisers must be relevant

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
Whether advisers choose to stand-alone or stand-aligned, they're both confronted with developing an advice model that resonates with the disparate needs of clients. That was the overarching sentiment a group of industry practitioners shared with delegates ...