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NGS launches income-focused retirement product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... has a growth-to-defensive asset allocation ratio of 56% to 44%. It aims to achieve a capital return before tax and fees above Australian inflation, plus an income return before tax and fees above the RBA cash rate, while having a priority of capital ...

US bond market says not yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... emerging market "crisis" because of Fed taper and China slowdown. February 3 - S&P 500 down by 2.3% because of 'same as above', with concerns about Japan and the impact of the consumption tax hike added to the scare and concerns turned from Fed taper ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... Royal Dutch Shell and Resmed is expected to post its financial results. The Australian market on Thursday, continued to hold above the 5,600-point mark - its highest level since the global financial crisis in 2008. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was ...

PineBridge launches DAA fund

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... dynamic asset allocation (DAA) investment approach targeting a five-year rolling return of 5% per annum (before fees and tax) above inflation. Managing director and head of PineBridge in Australia, Clinton Grobler, said this mandate appointment acknowledged ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... of Australia to release its half year results. The Australian market on Wednesday, reached a new six-year high, finishing above 5,600 for the first time since the global financial crisis. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 35 points, or 0.62 per cent ...

NAB sells $1bn worth of UK property loans

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... said the sale of the loans, which are either in default, passed maturity or near maturity, would result in a "small gain above net book value" and release around A£127 million of capital for the NAB Group. Incoming NAB Group Chief Executive Officer ...

CBA unveils tougher adviser standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... with the same brush." As the last Roy Morgan survey showed, client satisfaction with the advisers of the big four banks is above 80%. But the scandals revealed over recent months have largely damaged the industry's reputation. As the first signs of change ...

Appetite for overseas assets up on last year

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... Firstly, the appetite of all active investors for global investments rose over the year by 11% (from 157 to 175) and now sits above the 12 months average. Concern levels about global markets fell significantly year on year and remain at their lowest ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... came after Wall Street retreated slightly in the first session of trading since the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed above the 17,000 point mark for the first time. "We're caught in a conflict with consumer confidence falling away slightly in the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... 4,451.53. Some market watchers expressed nervousness at the latest surge in equity prices that last week lifted the Dow above 17,000 for the first time. Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said in a television interview he was "very uncomfortable" ...