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Calls for super industry to up focus on beta

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... the top for any one month is a real dynamic - we all know the flaws in that," Atkin said. "Our objective is to achieve CPI plus 3.5% and that should be our benchmark - other things can be an indicator but if that's your benchmark that should lead your ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... fall in commodities, which are priced in the greenback. Australia's largest mining companies, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, plus energy stocks, all opened lower as a result. At 1015 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 6.2 points, or 0.14 per ...

Flawed assumptions pushing RRR too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... evidence, have huge ramifications for policymakers as it could lower target retirement income replacement ratios from 60%-plus down to about 40%, which coincidentally is only slightly above what they were several years ago when a replacement ratio of ...

Recycled scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... not Greece, perhaps it's Eurostat's report that the Eurozone economy contracted by 0.3% in the fourth quarter, down from a plus 0.1% in the third. The report validated expectations that the region would fall into recession this year. But we also know ...

Retirement not an automatic trigger for defensive strategies

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... the Towers Watson paper agreed that multi-asset funds and diversified growth funds have a real return target, such as CPI plus five, without static or fixed strategic asset allocation. "Neither of these approaches is likely to result in the perfect way ...

Social media an important tool for advisers

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... another useful tool for businesses, with 1.8 million Australians currently using the platform, he said. Young pointed to Google Plus as a fast growing social media platform, which has attracted 90 million users worldwide since it was launched last June. ...

Acquisitions and cost savings key for SFG

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... "The economic conditions the industry is being faced with at the moment are some of the toughest I've seen in my 20 years plus career in financial services," said Tony Fenning, SFG's managing director. "Taking away the impact of markets, we are fortunate ...

No more fear - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... debt crisis and fears of a double-dip in America. It did so again in the middle of last year, for exactly the same reasons - plus the loss of the USA's triple-A. Will we see another correction come mid-year 2012? After all, it's not that difficult to ...

Dam Aussie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... Yes, one hundred percent all. Have a look: Philly Fed Business Outlook: Business activity +10.2 in Feb from +7.3 in January. Plus 9.5 expected. Initial Jobless Claims: -13K to 348K in week ended 11 Feb. Plus 10K expected. Housing Starts: +1.5% to 699K ...

Market provides opportunities for absolute return investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... Standard Life said that while in the past super funds have used a strategic asset allocation to equities which offered the cash-plus return outcomes needed to fund their members' retirements, the current market demands new strategies to constrain risk. ...