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MySuper impacts AMP investment revenue

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
A greater share of assets entering lower-fee MySuper products is affecting AMP's investment related revenue. The group's investment related revenue for the first half of 2015 was 113 bps, a 4.2% reduction from the prior corresponding period. AMP said ...

Bangkok bombs and Malaysia's terror

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
The 2.7% drop in Thailand's SET index and the half a percent drop in the Thai baht to 38.58 versus the US dollar - the lowest since April 2009 -- dominated the financial press headlines the day after the night (17 August) Bangkok was bombed. As it should. ...

One down, two to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
Following on from China's "rule of three", the ECB has three of its own. The minutes of the European Central Bank's (ECB) 15-16 July meeting revealed the three things that are keeping the governing council members awake at night - Greece, China and ...

All right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... consistent with the recently published Employment Cost Index (ECI) that showed employment costs increased by 0.2% in the June quarter -- the slowest in the index's 33-year recorded history and is sharply lower than expectations for a 0.6% lift. Both ...

Advisers looking to offer MDA services

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
Managed discretionary account (MDA) operator Managed Account Holdings Limited (MGP) has noted a significant increase in the MDA structure from advice firms. In a statement, it noted that ten new advice firms have signed an agreement with MGP this year ...

Make it December (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
Scratch September. Make that December. That's the Fed lift-off Virginia. And just so you and I don't miss that point, the Australian Financial Review (AFR) even quoted Douglas Borthwick -- head of foreign exchange Chapdelaine & Co - saying that, "I'm ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
The Australian share market is set to open higher after another positive session on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.7 per cent after the US Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate at near-zero per cent and gave no fresh ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on US and European markets following disappointing US home sales and China factory output data. At 0750 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down 49 points at ...

A question of trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
Funny that. Funny that on the same day that RBA Governor Glenn Stevens addressed the Anika Foundation Luncheon in Sydney and told his audience that, "One of the features of much regular discussion of macroeconomic policy, and monetary policy in particular ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street and European markets fell as volatile commodity prices and company results hit shares. At 0802 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down 27 points at ...