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US pension plan deficits rise in June

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... "Sponsors that choose to reduce risk need to consider the tension that exists between higher ongoing cost and lower volatility." Mercer estimates the aggregate value of pension plan assets of the S&P1500 companies was $1.4 trillion as at December last ...

Bad news bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... benefit claims increased by 13,000 last week when a fall was expected. Nothing should be made out of this week-by-week volatility in the jobless claims figures - they've been practically going nowhere (flat) this year. However, the same could not be ...

Govt extends drawdown relief for account-based pensions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... will particularly benefit those with low account balances. "This is an important initiative as there is still ongoing volatility in investment markets. Fund members need more time to allow their account balances to recover," says ASFA chief executive ...

Challenger wins $650m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... The $650 million will be funded before the end of the financial year, he said. "[It's about] certainty in a time of volatility - we've got a strong track record with the rest of our annuity business... managing a $5.6 billion balance sheet on behalf ...

Advance takes advantage of down markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... of stocks. They had to be good stock pickers and it has worked well," he said. "The fund managers are managing that volatility risk better than the line-up we had before." Advance's multi manager fund are used across BT Super for Life, BT Corporate Super ...

ITM and Sequential partner for service

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... of both firms creates an uprecedented strategic perspective of the challenges faced by the industry in a period of volatility and change," said Johnstone. CORRECTION: This article incorrectly attributed a comment by Steve Shoreson to Adrian Johnstone. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... once every quarter. Trading was relatively quiet considering the options and futures expiries, which can often bring volatility as traders adjust their portfolios. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 16.47 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 10,450.64 ...

Retirees brush off volatility to hold equities long term

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
Retirees might want less risk in their investment portfolios, but many tend to brush away recent market fluctuations to maintain a strong bias towards equities, new figures show. When asked whether market fluctuations have meant that retirees prefer ...

Toot those Vuvuzelas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... Heffernan said of the market. "But when you move within one per cent it's no big deal these days, certainly when you've had volatility of three per cent movements at times."