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CIO says low bond market rates to continue

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... the impact on bond markets, Leech said that with the exception of the Taper Tantrum, long-term US Treasuries have been "a pretty good diversifier to risk." "They help provide a portfolio balance and actually provided positive returns when other sectors ...

PROFILE: BlackRock head of corporate governance Pru Bennett

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... given the way annual general meeting reports work, most of them are done all at the same time each year, so it creates a pretty significant workload if you don't have the technology to accommodate that. And, of course, because that changed, the business ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Noi, noi, noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... so far without a major slump in overall economic activity." And the good Gov Glenn is optimistic that, "There is still a pretty good chance that we will come out of this episode fairly well, and much better than we came out of previous episodes of this ...

FEATURE: Managed accounts - more than meets the eye

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... and these platforms allow them to invest smaller amounts, frequently, at low transaction costs. Ten years ago CommSec was pretty much all there was and you were happy to fork out $20 for brokerage, but no one wants to do that anymore." Boles believes ...

Super funds need to compete globally

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... the government to declare that infrastructure investment is a priority "but we need something a bit more tangible than pretty pictures and catchy slogans."

MyPension product to solve retirement income hurdle

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... retirement income for retirees. "There are $430 billion worth of superannuation savings sitting in [MySuper] products where pretty much everything is done for you. Then at retirement all of a sudden you've got to make all these very complex decisions ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of Australia funds David Hallifax

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... manufacturing companies to fish and chip stores before happening upon a book catalogue delivery service in Perth. "It was pretty easy work," he says, "but one Friday they said we were going to do something different for some extra cash." Suspicious but ...

PROFILE: SSGA head of Investment Solutions Group Mark Wills

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... portfolio? To do that, you need to figure out what's your asset allocation and how should you de-risk. A lot of problems are pretty similar. It's the amplitude that changes," he says. Investors often will come to ISG with a preconceived idea of what ...

One down, two to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... billion ($96 billion) bailout for Greece. Two to go. When the ECB was discussing China back in the middle of July, I'm pretty sure they were concerned about the sharp volatility prompted by the mayhem in the Middle Kingdom's stock markets. That calmed ...

Difficult year for insurance income: CBA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... experience and a decline in new business. Narev said in terms of the decline in new business the bank was competing "in a pretty competitive market." "There are all sorts of product and channel factors - some of this is because there are parts of the ...