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FIIG appoints head of middle markets

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... important part in that strategy." Simpson added: "The middle market segment is deep, diverse, and contributes in excess of a third of all Australian business revenue. They are typically heavily growth-oriented, resilient, and highly adaptable to change. ...

Indian LIC launches IPO

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... 7.5% per annum over the past decade and which has now overtaken China's growth rate. "Not only is India now the world's third largest economy, it continues to demonstrate impressive growth potential as Prime Minister Narendra Modi reinvigorates and modernises ...

UniSuper develops personalised retirement benchmark

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... a large proportion of UniSuper members are currently projected to achieve appropriate post-retirement incomes, around a third of members will likely have to rely heavily on the age pension, highlighting the importance for members to focus on retirement ...

Half of SMSFs set for super change slug

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... with balances in excess of the cap. In relation to other changes to superannuation proposed by the government, nearly a third of the SMSF trustees in the study made concessional contributions in excess of the proposed $25,000 cap in 2015. Of those trustees ...

Millennials' short-term thinking unrealistic

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... associated with equities. Less than a fifth (18%) of investors said they held investments for at least five years, and around a third (31%) have a short-term view, investing for less than a year. Again this trend was pronounced in millennials who invest ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... equities," they added. Even more worrying, less than a fifth of investors said they held investments for five years, and around a third invest for less than a year. BoJ expected to go even deeper into negative interest rates Japan' central bank is meeting ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... reached $2.3 billion, contributing to projects with a total value of $5.7 billion. The CEFC said in a statement that in its third year of operation it has achieved a 73% year-on-year increase in the value of new investment commitments, including a substantial ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
... trillion in the second quarter of this year, according to Hedge Funds Research. The surge, sparked by Brexit concerns, was the third highest hedge fund FUM tally on record. Event Driven (ED) hedge funds led the way in capital increases in the quarter ...

Pre-retirees adopting sharing economy

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
An increasing number of pre-retirees are participating in the sharing economy in a bid to boost their wealth and income, according to the latest RateSetter Sharing Economy Trust Index. The bi-annual report measures the attitudes and behaviour of Australians ...

Bond investors must relax benchmark constraints

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... estimated U$6.5 trillion worth of fixed-rate debt obligations yielding less than zero per cent. The BoJ now owns at least one-third of outstanding Japanese government bonds as a result of its asset purchase program. "Rather than letting portfolios slowly ...