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Fed will lift later this year if...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... monetary policy (which I found refreshing), Madam Janet repeated the reiterations you, I and Irene have been hearing many, many times before. It's a very long speech (5,531 words of it) but the "Conclusion" just about tells us what we needed to know ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Noi, noi, noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... markets - both of which are heightening volatility all around. But Australia has been here before. Not just once but several times. This land girth by sea has survived (without a recession) major episodes of global upheaval such as the 1997/98 Asian ...

Retirees should expand asset classes

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... somewhat unusual situation today, when the yield on equities is higher than that on bonds. That's happened only very few times in the last 60 years. So not only are you getting a higher yield on equities currently than on sovereign bonds, but you have ...

Private equity shift keeping investors busy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... capital back from their investments than they're seeing being drawn. "For example in 2014 US private equity returned 2.4 times the amount of money drawn. In Europe it was about 2.2 times," Collier said. According to US-based pension fund CalPERS, investment ...

So bad it could only be good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... and/or the Politburo are expected to give more stimuli. The Chinese central bank has already slashed interest rates five times from 6% in October 2014 to 4.6% last month. With inflation far below its 2015 inflation target of 4.0% -- headline CPI inflation ...

ASIC warns super funds over transparency requirements

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... reminds all trustees of their ongoing obligation to make transparency information publicly available and up to date at all times. Failing to meet these requirements is an offence," Tanzer said.

Lead us not into a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... the June quarter, down only 0.71% from the previous three-month's average. As it has been "whenever we find ourselves in times of trouble" -- nah, Mother Mary doesn't come speaking words of wisdom, we turn to Gov Glenn singing Queen's "Save me, save ...

Industry funds attack banks on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... the last decade average fees have fallen by 20 basis points while the size of the average fund has grown by more than 12 times over the same period."

British Airways to clash in court with pension trustee

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... months to 30 March 2015 totalled $11.86 billion, or roughly 44% of total contributions to the product type. The Financial Times reports that the dispute stems from the UK government's 2010 decision to link pension increases for retired public sector ...