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Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... the third quarter. Business investment has "collapsed". Total new capital expenditure dropped by 9.2% in the September quarter - down a staggering 20% from last year - following a "downwardly revised 4.4% decline in the second quarter. And China? Why ...

SMSFs hurt more than APRA funds in downturn

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... of the superannuation system suffered more in the recent market correction, the latest APRA figures for the September quarter show. Total super assets dropped in the September quarter by 1.6% from $2.03 trillion to $1.99 trillion. For APRA regulated ...

UK regulator targets conflicts in investment consulting

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... their own asset management services to clients. The interim findings of the report, which are expected in the September quarter 2016 with the final report following in early 2017, could have significant knock-on effects for the Australian market. Last ...

Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... are not getting stocks of their shelves despite consumer spending only revised lower from 3.2% to 3.0% in the September quarter, what happens when it declines by more? The latest consumer confidence out last night - down to 90.4 in November from 99.1 ...

Pick a number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... inputs/assumptions, of course, changes the i. For instance, plugging in the September headline CPI inflation (1.5% in the September quarter) instead of the trimmed mean CPI measure, gives us an equilibrium i of 1.75%. And there, ladies and gents, is ...

Aged care concerns top Challenger advice list

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... and strategic support, as well as support on legislative changes. Challenger top three adviser queries for the September quarter were: strategies to help clients manage and fund aged care fees; treatment of the family home for aged care purposes; and ...

Managed accounts usage to grow 38%

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... under advice have stopped using institutionally-owned wrap platforms to implement the MDA Service during the September quarter. The group experienced record net inflows of $111 million during the quarter and started the December quarter with funds under ...

Six point five is PM Li's new like

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... in the second - less than expectations for a 1.7% gain. Growth flipped from 2.1% to 1.2% in the year to the September quarter. Now think of all the jobs this kind of growth will not create....and inflation? The Fed's favoured measure - the PCE price ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... deteriorated in the third quarter with the headline index (big manufacturers) falling back to a reading of 12 in the September quarter from 15 in the previous three-month period. No, Japan's economy is not improving. Yet, according to Reuters, Japan ...

Pengana finding plenty to buy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... earnings. That may make us boring but that's okay, that's what we do," Kessler said. The fund lost 1.6% for the September quarter at a time when the market dropped 5.8%. The fund remains positive over the 12-month period, generating a return of 6.1%. ...