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The Big Benny sings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... Fed points to reduced bond buying" Financial Times: "Bernanke sees 2014 end for QE3" Wall Street Journal: "Bernanke Sets Stage to End Bond Buys Amid Growth" Now don't get me wrong Virginia, I'm in no way saying they are wrong...they all got that one ...

Challenger stages lifetime annuities comeback

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
Lifetime annuities could be staging a dramatic comeback with Challenger targeting sales of $240 million in the 2013 financial year. According to figures from Plan For Life, the industry has not seen demand of that size since 2004, when the top six companies ...

Will Australia escape an EM bond crisis?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... India "have seen such a significant sell off in their currencies that they are actually going to be deflationary at some stage - another reason why emerging market bonds don't look so great any longer." However, he said Australia differs because its ...

Australian shares open lower

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... global analyst Tim Radford said he thought the selloff was over-extended and over-done. "There will be a reversal at some stage and the buyers will move back in," he said. Official monthly jobs numbers, released on Thursday morning, might spur buying ...

IFM to cut fees after pricing review

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... had been waiting for "scale benefits to permit," to put into place the much-awaited fee reductions. "We're nearly at the stage, so we're not too far away from releasing the review," he said. Himbury confirmed there would be a date set at the fund manager's ...

AFA moves into broadcast to promote advice vision

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... "real stories about real advice that entertain and educate at the same time." Fox said that the project is still at an early stage, but he hinted that "it will have to be broadcasted" and that the main challenge will be to attract a wide audience. The ...

QIC takes stake in US shopping malls

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... the shopping malls are in attractive locations and have high occupancy, with further opportunities due to their lifecycle stage. Leigh added that the Forest City deal presented the chance to add value over the short and medium term through additional ...

Pipelines the safe bet in the shale gas revolution

JAMES FERYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... reserves and permission-to-drill waiting periods of less than two weeks, there are copious incentives for investors at every stage of the supply chain. Infrastructure is the least risky link in this chain. "These are the 'boring assets' that provide ...

Midwinter puts planning software into the cloud

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... host their banking software, the choice was made for us," Plummer said. Midwinter will be taking its software to a second stage and by June, 2013, it will offer scaled advice strategic modules, including transition to retirement, retirement modelling ...

Adviser "enshrinement" bill passes through lower house

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... advocating for this measure for over a decade, and everyone who has been involved over the last decade are delighted to each this stage. We're almost there," FPA general manager of policy and standards Dante De Gori told the Financial Standard. De Gori ...