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Good, better, best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... be a payback in the coming weeks, the longer term trend in this indicator is clearly down. Betterer number 2. The US Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators - which gauges the outlook for the economy over the next 6 months -- rose by ...

Qsuper to champion tailored options

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... most important messages that came out of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) national annual conference late last year was the need for not-for-profit funds to meet the individual retirement needs of their members, ASFA chief ...

China primed for encouraging rebound: HSBC

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... expected to lay out their key policy agenda and growth targets for the coming year at the annual Central Economic Work Conference in the coming weeks. External shocks aside, HSBC expect the China rebound to be more modest than the V-shaped recovery in ...

Advice tech more than back office tool: JP Morgan

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... retirement income, according to a scaled advice software provider. J.P. Morgan's Donn Hess, speaking at a recent ASFA conference, said that retirement income projections had been a key factor in motivating Americans to better engage with their pension ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... assistant governor (financial markets) Guy Debelle is scheduled to address the Melbourne Institute's 50th Anniversary conference. In company news, Ten Network Holdings and Nufarm hold annual general meetings. The market closed higher on Wednesday as ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) deputy governor Philip Lowe will speak at the Australian Business Economists annual conference in Sydney. In company news, TPG Telecom holds its annual general meeting. The local market closed more than half a per cent ...

Life-cycle funds boost retirement income: Mercer

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... Mercer's David Anderson. The financial services provider used the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference in Sydney last week, as an opportunity to advocate the benefits of whole of life products. Anderson said that recent ...

Nothing new in objectives-based investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... investment approaches has many inbuilt limitations. Tony MacKenzie, chief strategist at QIC, told the ASFA national conference last week that contrary to some speculation, funds have been investing according to objectives all the time. Nevertheless ...

Give super fund directors more time: Gonski

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... five years. "Annual re-elections force short-termism," he said at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference in Sydney last week. "Directors must be allowed to plan for the future." Gonski, who is also an independent non-executive ...

Advisers must gravitate from engagement to guidance: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... Advice product to its clients, she said, speaking at last week's Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference in Sydney. While still only at the Bill stage, Tranche three of the Gillard Government's MySuper reform will give superannuation ...