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PBOC does an SNB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... yuan/US$ exchange rate in September 1985, the 13.6% dive in June 1986, the 21.2% plunge in November 1989, the 9.6% decline in October 1990 and the 33.3% plunge in December 1993 - now them's what I call devaluation. Looked at in this context, the knee-jerk ...

Australians seeing Centrelink as "life insurance substitute"

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... Australians' understanding of different insurance products and their uses. It is derived from a survey of 814 Australians from October to November 2014 and covers life, total permanent disability, income protection and trauma insurance. Key findings ...

Macquarie adviser forged signatures, lied to clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... documents. Shawn Hickman engaged in unauthorised discretionary trading on his clients' accounts between November 2009 and October 2012, even though MEL prohibited its representatives from engaging in discretionary trading in 2004. Hickman breached financial ...

Long term super fund returns approach record levels

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... are approaching record high levels. Three year rolling MySuper returns at 12.4% pa are the highest they have been since October 2007 and 5 year returns at 9.1% pa are the second highest they have been since 2008, they said. Ten year returns at 6.4% pa ...

September -- morn or mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... January to 5.5% by December - courtesy of five rate hikes topped by a 75 bp - not a misprint - increase from 4.75% in October to 5.5% in November 1994. But also note that the S&P 500's bullrun did not end until five years later when the dotcom bubble ...

AMP Capital appoints new MD

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... AMP Capital's international and domestic growth and outstanding investment performance." Tindall will assume the role in October.

IOOF merges two licences

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... and Shadforth, given their similar business models and similar value propositions." My Adviser was closed in September/October 2014; of the 45 advisers at the group, 15 joined Consultum. "Some chose to go to other licences and there were also those that ...

It's not the when but the what happens after

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... trading in the fed funds futures market only around 19% says it's gonna be in September. Yes, there are other numbers for October, November and December and even March 2016. But we'll get to that when September comes and the Fed lifts... or not. And ...

Gold's no longer gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... central banks are now beginning to stock up on gold as part of their reserves. India, for instance, made the headlines in October 2012 when it bought 200 tonnes of the metal from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Likewise, China is rumoured to be ...

Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... indication. "The Markit Flash Manufacturing PMI registered 53.4 in June, down from 54.0 in May and the lowest reading since October 2013." And then there's the disappointing retail sales number reported a few days ago - overall sales dropped by 0.3% ...