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STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
In the latest edition of Financial Standard we look at how the spike in lapse rates and an increasing number of people claiming total and permanent disability (TPD) may lead to an overhaul of products and a surge in premiums. We also take a closer look ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street mostly gained following some solid retail earnings reports and with help from bond yields, which retreated from recent peaks. At 0805 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index ...

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JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street continued its downward trend on mediocre economic news and higher bond yields. At 0755 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was down 17 points at 5,071. In ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
Australian shares are flat, with rises in energy companies underpinning much of the market. IG markets analyst Evan Lucas said several market heavyweights, including the Commonwealth Bank and Telstra, going ex-dividend were weighing on the market. But ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower after US stocks closed on a negative note following a mixed batch of economic data and a big jump in bond yields. At 0745 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down seven points ...

Strong US recovery to send bond yields through the roof

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
A faster and stronger-than-expected recovery in the US could send 10-year Treasury yields soaring to 10%, according to Magellan Financial Group chief executive officer and portfolio manager Hamish Douglass. In a presentation to advisers and other clients ...

Super funds urged to rethink 70/30 structure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
The standard 70/30 balanced superannuation fund is failing to deliver satisfactory investment outcomes to members in retirement, according to State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). While returns on this sort of fund were almost 15% for the last financial ...

Balanced funds ill-suited for fixed income blow-up

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
Typical balanced superannuation portfolios are ill-equipped to protect investors from the impending end of quantitative easing and the subsequent rise in global bond yields, according to Russell director of client strategies for Asia Pacific Scott Fletcher. ...

Weak tenant demand hurts Aussie property outlook

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
Subdued demand in a number of sectors means that Australian commercial real estate has become less attractive, according to La Salle Investment Management. While the real estate investment specialist remained positive on the Australian property market ...

Peace, be still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
"...And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say to him, Master, care you not that we perish? And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was ...