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Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
Australia's giant neighbours have been the world's largest source of growth for years. But the great investment opportunity is full of traps and markets often fall in erratic behaviours. Laura Millan asks eight key questions to understand Asia and to ...

AFA Female Excellence semi-finalists named

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and TAL have announced the semi-finalists for the 2015 AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award. Next Step Financial Group's Crystal Broadfoot, Perspective Financial Services' Esther Althaus, Carrington Financial ...

Cameron Harrison added to platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
The Cameron Harrison Anglo-Atlantic Mainstreet Equity Model has been added to the Morningstar Separate Accounts database and the Powerwrap platform. The model, which the investment team have managed since it was set up in 2007, is an international equities ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
"Danger, Will Robinson!" Danger! Danger! Pick a stock market, any stock market, chances are it is now in correction territory - Dow, Stoxx 600, FTSE-100, All Ords, Strait Times, Jakarta Composite, Taiex, KLCI, PSEi - or in a bear market -- Hang Seng ...

Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
Ask not when the Fed would start raising interest rates but whether the Fed should re-launch QE. Let's take a trip back to 29 July, Virginia - the day the Fed released its policy statement at the conclusion of its 28-29 July FOMC meeting - it was sliced ...

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. ...

HESTA divests from Transfield

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
Industry superannuation fund HESTA has divested its 3.5% stake in Transfield Services, the operator of Australian detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island. Major factors behind HESTA's divestment were the views of several independent non-government ...

Mercer launches super data analytics tool

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
Mercer has launched a new data-driven analytics tool to help super funds better understand their members amid intense competition for funds under management. The company says the new analytics, marketing and strategy platform - to be known as Mercer ...

Senate inquiry into gender retirement income gap launched

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
Issues around Australia's gender retirement income gap are expected to be reviewed by March next year after the Senate was instructed to conduct an inquiry yesterday. A cross-party motion by Senators Jenny McAllister (Labor), Sean Edwards (Liberal) ...

Industry fund encourages members to claim insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
An industry superannuation fund has started an online campaign to help explain to its members how to claim on their group insurance policies. Energy Super has posted a short YouTube video in which an eight year old named Pete talks about how his father ...