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Retirees unlikely to recover GFC losses: Cooper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... crisis hit. "A four year average of 8.8% p.a. after the GFC is great if your money has been locked away, but it's just not enough if you've been using your super for its intended purpose of providing income in retirement," Cooper said. "They are highly ...

Post-Bernanke uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... terrorists to the Fed, we now know that it pays to go a-shopping when the bears go a-scaring. Too bad for me. No one scared me enough about Facebook. Didn't go FB shopping. Missed out on that one-day 30% jump. But BO (still) 'like' FB.

Greece what?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... pre-conditions and how the government tries - and mostly fails - to abide by them. The troika cannot throw money at the Greeks fast enough since 2010...but the Greeks have been burning through them at warp speed. All those restructurings, their fiscal ...

Cbus invests in Qualitas property fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... future. Whether other super funds will follow Cbus's lead depends largely on demand for funding - i.e. whether there are enough large-scale projects going ahead.

Clear as crystal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... funds rate if inflation remained persistently below our longer-run objective." And if this elaboration is not elaborate enough: "...the Committee is certainly aware that very low inflation poses risks to economic performance--for example, by raising ...

CBA and HSBC change 'misleading' ads

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... considered. ASIC said warnings outlining the potential for negative returns at the end of the booklets were not prominent enough. HSBC's online advertising for certain structured products were deemed inappropriate as they created the impression the investments ...

Limbo of uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... moment," and its chief economist Alan Oster predicting the unemployment rate to rise above 6% by the end of the year. And sure enough, Mr. Oster is looking right on the money. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported only last week that the ...

Super fund mergers pose capacity problem

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... managing director Tim Samway said his boutique had lost one major investor as a result of consolidation. "There's simply not enough capacity for smaller funds to absorb the extra capital following mergers," he said. "The writing's on the wall. Boutiques ...

Clients want a "social" relationship with advisers

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... social media," Ambrose said. However, The Social Adviser principal and founder Baz Gardner told the summit that it is not enough just to use social media, the manner that you convey your message is what matters. "It is a way to build influence and scale...but ...

Women hit with double burden on retirement savings

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... being said around the issue of middle-aged women having to take care of their older parents. Rimmer said that not having enough savings can be a problem as they age and need to access an aged care facility. "It is a very emotional decision: do you put ...