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Average September on average

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... boots about the prospect of a "sooner-rather-than-later" fed funds rate hike only days before, were we not? Stronger US growth may have made that "sooner" well... sooner. An ever so slightly longer term look at US equities points to an average September ...

Cbus launches self-managed option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
Cbus has today launched its member direct investment (MDI) option, Cbus Self Managed, in a move to provide an alternative to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). The option gives members access to ASX 300 listed companies, 16 Exchange Traded Funds ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... as the prospect of a military confrontation between Ukraine and Russia knocked confidence and offset forecast-beating US growth data. Tokyo slipped 0.23 per cent, or 35.27 points, to finish at 15,424.59 and Seoul shed 0.35 per cent, or 7.22 points, to ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... markets have climbed, cheered by hints the US Federal Reserve could raise interest rates sooner than expected in view of US growth, despite mixed eurozone data. Frankfurt's main DAX index on Thursday jumped 0.93 per cent compared with Wednesday's close ...

Henderson set to acquire US fund manager Geneva

MARK SMITH AND AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... said taking over Geneva - with its $US6.3 billion ($A6.82 billion) assets under management (AUM) in mid- and small-cap US growth equities - is a milestone in the development of its North American business. "Geneva will add US equity investment capabilities ...

In with the old, out with the new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... recalibration of the first quarter US real GDP report would bring tomorrow. Here's Bloomberg's take: Wall Streeters fear that US growth in the March quarter would be revised from a crawl speed of 0.1% (annualised) to a contraction of 0.5% (some even ...

The name is bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... Treasuries are lower now (2.51%) - bond prices are higher - than they were when the deep freeze instilled doubts over US growth - (3.04% at the start of the year and averaged 2.85% in January). And oh, they're now down to October 2013 levels - the time ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... maintaining ultra-low interest rates. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets closed mixed as data revealed a slump to US growth, while traders awaited the outcome of the Federal Reserve's latest meeting. London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies added ...

Cbus first industry fund to get Lonsec rating

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
Cbus Super has received a 'Recommended' rating from retail ratings house Lonsec, a first for an industry superannuation fund. Lonsec has assigned the rating to all Cbus investment options including the Cbus default option -- Cbus Growth (Cbus MySuper) ...

FEATURE: Insuring against longevity risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
While Australia is well on the way to cracking the accumulation phase of superannuation, the problem of how to make those funds last is yet to be solved. James Fernyhough takes a look at one potential solution: longevity insurance. There is no doubt ...