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Better to own or to rent investments?

JOHN DYALL  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
The latest fixed income market outlook from BlackRock's Rick Rieder poses the interesting question of whether there are some assets in a portfolio which are there for the long term and others which have a place for a short time, depending on opportunities ...

Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
In three days time, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will again meet to talk about monetary policy. Chances are there's little chance of a change in policy settings. The BOJ board would decide to keep settings as they did at the 7-8 April gabfest -- key interest ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains on Wall Street overnight. At 0654 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 27 points at 5,858. In the US, the Nasdaq index smashed its 15-year-old record Thursday ...

ALP outlines superannuation tax policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
The federal ALP opposition has outlined a change to their superannuation tax policy that they estimate could save $1.4 billion per year and help rebalance superannuation. The policy was outlined by shadow Treasury spokesperson Chris Bowen who said it ...

BOE no change, no worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
As expected, the Bank of England (BOE) decided to do nothing at its 9 April monetary policy meeting, stating that: "The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee at its meeting today voted to maintain Bank Rate at 0.5%. The Committee also voted to ...

Don't blame "churning" on advisers: Synchron

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
Risk advice dealer group Synchron has asked industry stakeholders not to blame "churning" of life insurance policies only on advisers and demanded that insurers improve product design. Synchron noted that in the United Kingdom and in South Africa, "companies ...

Bernie Ripoll to retire from federal politics

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
Labor MP and architect of the first Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms Bernie Ripoll will not contest the next federal election. Ripoll announced the decision on his Facebook page and said that he will finish his term as an MP and will continue ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after losses on Wall Street. At 0644 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down eight points at 5,942. On Wall Street, stocks sagged ahead of the start of first-quarter-earnings ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
The Australian share market is again flirting with the landmark 6,000 point level, which it has not reached in more than seven years. The release of monthly trade balance figures for China later on Monday could give Australian stocks a boost, if it ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
Expectations of a Reserve Bank interest rate cut have given the share market a post-Easter boost, with virtually all sectors making gains. Banking and dividend-paying stocks are the main beneficiaries ahead of the central bank's April meeting on Tuesday ...