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Mercer launches retirement income strategy test

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
Global consultancy firm Mercer recently launched a framework for super funds that reportedly tests and determines what the best retirement income strategies and products are. Titled 'Retirement Income: A framework for a complex problem', the document ...

Fixed income offers little equity risk protection: CFM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... interest rates across the developed world mean investors have lost the ability to use fixed income assets as their central pillar of protection against equity market risk. That's according to one of the heads of the $6 billion French hedge fund and alternatives ...

Remove 10% rule for deductible contributions: SMSF Association

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... recommitment to the long-term goals of superannuation and in particular a focus on providing retirement income via the three-pillar system of the age pension, compulsory contributions and voluntary contributions." The SMSF Association also asked for ...

Central bank surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... days prior to his bank's dismantling of the franc/euro peg? "We're convinced that the cap on the franc must remain the pillar of our monetary policy." Then there's the Bank of Japan surprise. It now predicts a core inflation rate of 1.0% in fiscal year ...

SNB dismantles defense

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... assurance - err, forward guidance - only two days prior that, "we're convinced that the cap on the franc must remain the pillar of our monetary policy." "Pillar" my behind! I could only speculate that between then and last night, the Swiss central bank ...

BOQ hands acting CEO permanent position

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2015
... for the job. "Jon has played a key part in BOQ's turnaround, as well as the development and implementation of our four pillar strategy," Davis said. "We are at a crucial point in a major transformation program and growth agenda and we are confident that ...

Beddoes creates 10 Minute Business Planner

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
The Beddoes Institute (Beddoes) has created a free interactive tool called The 10 Minute Business Planner, which will help explain the one key driver of success - a disciplined approach to business planning. Director of Beddoes Dr. Adam Tucker said ...

PROFILE: Goldman Sachs Asset Management head of fixed income for Asia-Pacific Philip Moffitt

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... much of that rise down to simple pot luck. Mark Smith reports. Active asset management is an industry built on the central pillar that market-beating returns can be achieved by very skilled professionals and not, as passive fund proponents would assert ...

The pathway to professionalism

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... Two months later, AMP, National Australia Bank (NAB) and Westpac have put in place higher requirements. The remaining big pillar of the industry, ANZ, has said that it is currently looking at transitioning to a higher standard. For the full story and ...

BOQ CEO resigns for overseas role

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... at this time. "The executive team will continue to drive the business forward and deliver on our clear and simple four pillar strategy: placing the customer in charge, growing the right way, finding a better way, and being loved like no other. There ...