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S&P launches sinner-free index

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... outlined by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (US CCB). It specifically avoids companies involved in producing biological weapons, chemical weapons, cluster bombs, landmines, nuclear weapons, conventional military sales and child labor ...

MyPension product to solve retirement income hurdle

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... would be "a flexible mixture of the existing account based product, combined with other long risk management income producing streams that would help retirees manage the risks that they face." Cooper's call matches that of the Actuaries Institute, which ...

Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... required to purchase the same quantity of commodities. Lower commodity prices, in turn, negatively affect commodity-producing countries, decreasing overall global demand, limiting any inroads to be made towards reducing the supply glut - particularly ...

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... seats than anything else and at this very moment is in the midst of debate over that confidence-enhancing, employment-producing, growth-supporting issue of marriage equality and royal commissioner Dyson Heydon. These, after Bronwyn Bishop's choppergate. ...

Super decades away from maturity

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... AustralianSuper is about $88,000, the AIST report said. Cooper has called for a target superannuation balance capable of producing 65% income replacement to a maximum of two times average weekly earnings. He has also called for the super access and age ...

Prime Value launches fund for SIVs, SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... Significant Investor Visa (SIV) scheme. The Prime Value Cash Plus Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of income-producing securities and seeks to outperform the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) cash rate with minimal risk of capital loss. "The strategy ...

From Greece's frying pan into China's fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... biggest consumer of commodities - reason behind the tumble in commodity prices - there goes the economies of commodity producing/exporting countries, there goes national income and global demand, there goes global growth. But the same was said of China's ...

Pension funds loading up on alternatives: BIS

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... though core inflation remained close to target. They also faced the prospect of weaker economic activity as commodity-producing sectors were adversely affected, despite some offset from currency depreciation." Also read the OECD's latest thoughts on ...

Cost cuts put research at risk

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... key comparative advantages: intellectual capital and experience in selecting and vetting investments built over time. Producing managed funds research is labour intensive and expensive, but without demonstrable value-add through capabilities such as ...

Joining AIIB unlocks billions of infra investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... the long term investment horizon of retirement savings to strengthen our economic capital base, while simultaneously producing superior risk-adjusted performance returns on retirement savings. It's a win-win." Collins added the AIIB could also provide ...