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NIRP before lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... on a path to return to 2 percent over the medium term." In other words, they would... if they could. But that's so September - when bad news and speculations were anything but... good. We're now traipsing past the first week of October and so far, so ...

Legg Mason fund added to AMP model portfolio

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
The Legg Mason Martin Currie Real Income Fund has been included in AMP's income model portfolio. The Real Income Fund invests in a mixture of AREITs, listed infrastructure and utilities to provide an attractive income stream with natural inflation protection. ...

Janet vindicated

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... that price pressures will remain contained for a while yet. Full employment. The economy added only 142,000 jobs in September - less than even the lowest estimate for a 180,000 increase. Worse, revisions to the previous two months subtracted a total ...

Nikko downgrades equities stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
Nikko Asset Management has downgraded its house view on global equities from overweight to neutral to reflect stock prices reaching what it believes to be fair value, particularly in the US. The global fund manager has been positive on stocks since ...

Data doesn't justify "recession" headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... them? This positive report is consistent with the AiG Performance of Manufacturing Index which increased to 52.1 in September - the third consecutive month that the index has been above 50 (expansion), accelerating from 50.4 in July and 51.7 in August. ...

More must be done to cut fees: FSC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
Average working Australians would have thousands of dollars more in their retirement savings if bigger superannuation funds faced stronger competitive tensions, the Financial Services Council has said. A new report released in the FSC's submission to ...

Elliott new CEO at ANZ

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
ANZ will ring in the New Year with Shayne Elliott as its chief executive after the bank announced Mike Smith is stepping down in December. Elliott has been ANZ's chief financial officer for more than three years and is considered to be the right person ...

AIA appoints group insurance chief

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
AIA Australia has appointed a new chief group insurance officer. Stephanie Phillips will be responsible for group insurance product distribution. This follows AIA boosting its distribution team in September ahead of the transition to the new Life Insurance ...

SMAs on Macquarie Wrap pass $100m milestone

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
Separately managed accounts (SMAs) on Macquarie Wrap have passed $100 million in funds under administration in its first year. The functionality was added to Macquarie Wrap in September 2014 to provide financial advisers with access to a range of SMAs. ...

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
Aren't you glad I didn't lift? This must be what's in Janet's head as she scours the global economic and financial market landscape and saw that it wasn't good. Yes folks, financial markets were doing backflips again overnight on concerns over dropping ...