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CFSGAM inflation plus fund targets post-retirement market

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... means it is relevant to foundations as well as the post-retirement market," said Van der Lende. "It avoids the longevity problem because investors can spend 4.5% a year and still be starting from the same position the following year." The dynamic asset ...

Just another ordinary day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... heart skipped a beat while you read through these headlines. "European Stocks Drop", "...fall for a 3rd day"... what's the problem now? Well, the problem's also there in print. Carlsberg -- it disappointed earnings expectations...and metals - they slid ...

Some auditors won't be counted

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... total of around 6000 submissions from accountants hoping to become approved SMSF auditors. Meanwhile, Tanzer said a common problem with the applications received so far was that they were submitted without supporting documents. "You do need to go through ...

$1tr flows into US bond funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... Bloomberg also noted. Nevertheless, while factors driving the Australian and US fixed interest markets are very different, the problem for local investors is that the sheer weight of overseas forces will swamp domestic market sentiment. Meantime, some ...

Any reason will do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... be greeted by 'The Australian Financial Review's' headline, "Euro, US stocks slide as risks renew". Slide? What's the problem now, I thought. Are the days of wine and roses going? Gone? Turns out it was all because of this statement by ECB President ...

Back-off super: FSC missive to Canberra

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... tax concessions to superannuation will not be a salve for any holes in the Federal Budget. Instead, it just moves the problem decades into the future, Brogden said. The Financial Services Council represents Australia's retail and wholesale funds management ...

Coalition wants fund governance changes: Fletcher

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... but not progressed by Labor," said Fletcher. Fletcher said that Australia's retirement system currently has a distinct problem: the temptation to use superannuation resources to advance industrial and political agendas. Using a public spat between construction ...

Distilling the 'why' unlocks social media success

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... inadequate - Battye set about building an alternative model for his business. "Financial advice is about accumulation, but the problem is accumulation doesn't make people happy - spending makes people happy," Battye advises. Having recognised that it's ...

"Others" are still fearful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
Phew! What a relief it is, don't you think? A few more weeks (ok, ok, maybe months) of continued equity market gains and I would have yelled, "irrational exuberance!" Sure, sure, I've been trumpeting the improvements in the major and lesser economies ...

EDHEC-Risk reveals risk control plan

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... The analysis concludes that current regulation of the industry, whilst containing positive elements, does not solve the problem of non-financial risk. EDHEC-Risk has called for a new system of shared responsibility which incentivises fund managers to ...