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Budget big picture

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... estimates, pointing to why Treasurer Scott Morrison has had to go after high-end superannuants and multi-nationals. In an at times faltering and nervous speech, the Treasurer tonight announced that the Australian government this financial year will be ...

Higher recession risk creates opportunity in large miners: Lazard

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... the value investment style since the global financial crisis, explaining that the style tends to be less effective during times of market distortions and that the highest future returns have historically been on offer when the performance differential ...

Australians letting their retirement down: report

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... they won't achieve their desired retirement dream," Duncan said. Suncorp's research also found Generation Y was about three times more likely than Gen X to feel the pressure of planning for retirement before they reach 30-years-old. Almost a fifth of ...

ISA calls out pre-Budget arguments on contribution caps

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... shows the "catch up" group enjoys substantial tax breaks under existing caps, with average concessional contributions 7.5 times higher and average non-concessional contributions 5.4 times higher than LISC recipients. The total concessional contributions ...

Fiducian acquires three further firms

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... targeted enterprise value multiple, after anticipated cost synergies for the acquired businesses, is between 5.0 to 5.5 times EBITDA.

Down, down prices are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... in order to import growth and export their way out of deflation. But nay, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has repeated many many times that it is not targeting the yen, so have the European Central Bank (ECB)... and everyone and his dog are taking their words ...

BlackRock's Fink issues stark warning for global economy

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... interest rate environment. In a 2% interest rate environment, however, that individual would need to invest $563,000 (or 3.2 times as much) to achieve the same outcome in retirement, Fink calculated. This, he said, undermines monetary policy intended ...

Another US pension giant exits hedge funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... represent about 2.8% of NYCER's total US$51.2 billion ($65.9 billion). Hedge funds have faced increased scrutiny in recent times as performance has disappointed. Opponents of the sector lament a lack of transparency, high fees and illiquidity. This is ...

No more tears?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... is that... there is no deal. This means oil prices down. Given the oil price's correlation with equity markets in recent times, this means... Yup, you got that right. The interplay of current events - lowered trajectory of the fed funds rate and indications ...

Lifestage funds outperform early

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... strategy funds as the asset mix moves to being more conservative. This underperformance is 1.2% for 60 years plus or three times the younger person uplift. Rainmaker also found that between the ends of the age spectrum there is a similar performance ...