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Be alert to recession amid growth headwinds: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... sector, there are still a couple of years to run. Mining investment peaked a bit above 7% of GDP in 2012 and at the end of the third quarter in 2015 it had fallen back to around 5%. "To put this in context, its long-run average prior to the boom was ...

Magellan top earning ETP

JOHN DYALL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... by ETP standards - it's not in the top 10 in the universe and only the eighth largest in the international shares space. Third, Magellan wasn't particularly known in the ETP world - massive with $35 billion in the unit trust world, however. It also has ...

Mercer LifetimePlus now on MPS platform

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... an annuity. Unlike an annuity, however, the risk of outliving savings is shared among a pool of other retirees, with no third-party shareholder and no insurance premiums. "Around 1000 Australians are moving into retirement every business day and we know ...

MySuper assets rise strongly

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... total MySuper products represent $428 billion in assets, up from $363 billion in June 2014, that adds up to just over a third (34%) of all assets in APRA regulated super funds. The average return of single investment strategy MySuper products for the ...

Three days to lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... downward pressure on growth. And then we have the financial markets: The high yield corporate bond market is taking a hit. Third Avenue Management's high-yield credit fund shut down last Friday and the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports that Stone Lion ...

Latest Power50 list unveiled

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... in social media within the Australian financial services industry have been unveiled in the latest FS Power50. Now in its third year, the annual list recognises the leading lights driving the conversation mainly on Twitter and LinkedIn. Financial Standard ...

Super governance saga continues

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... announced they had struck a deal with four crossbench Senators that would most likely vote down the legislation that proposes a third of independent directors on super fund boards. Both ISA and AIST have commissioned a review by former Reserve Bank of ...

Third SMSF auditor banned

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... Investments Commission (ASIC) has continued its crackdown on self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditors, disqualifying a third person in as many days. James Dermody of New South Wales is disqualified from being an SMSF auditor because he signed ...

Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... Well Dr. "Australia is doomed" Varoufakis, all these things are happening now. In fact, they have already happened in the third quarter. Business investment has "collapsed". Total new capital expenditure dropped by 9.2% in the September quarter - down ...

Australians more reluctant to seek professional advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... retirement planning ranks highest at 50%, while investment planning ranks second, at 38%. Budgeting and debt management rank third at 36%. Knowing who to trust is the biggest barrier with Australians willing to work with a financial planner. As many ...