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Aussie fintechs sell to grow

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... Hellyer, said the product's creation was not to run people's money but rather paint a picture. "People don't necessarily worry about the good times, they worry about what the bad times could look like. So you need to work out what plan B is and you give ...

Room to move on super investment fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... passive portfolio." Rice said a case where active management can be problematic is lifecycle funds. "They [lifecycle funds] worry too much about sequencing risk to the point of the retirement instead of building retirement over 20 or 30 years. I think ...

Super funds need to compete globally

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
Australian superannuation funds should not be worrying about their local counterparts and be more concerned with what international pension funds are doing as competition for assets continues to grow. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

Cash is king at the Future Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... [to private equity assets] might be a little higher, but not much. Although we are long term investors, we still have to worry about the level of liquidity in the portfolio," Neal said. He explained that part of the increase in the private equity allocation ...

Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... persuasion. Still, even if Friday's US jobs report come in strong all over, there's still financial market volatility and China to worry about. A whip of a September lift-off air could spark renewed market volatility. Then there's China. Last Friday ...

Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... barely scratches the surface." Stanford said that family offices are a natural home for hedge funds: "Family offices don't worry about fees; they worry about net returns. They seem to be a lot more open to hedge funds." Brown fears that family offices ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... All-Country World Index into bear markets, or declines of 20 percent from a peak." Woe is us for there are much more to worry about this present day. For back in December 2011, the economies of the United States, China and emerging markets were expanding ...

Retirees still cautious about another GFC

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
About one-fifth of retired seniors have kept their savings invested in shares post the global financial crisis (GFC) according to a study by National Seniors Australia and Challenger. The study was based on survey responses of about 2000 retirees, of ...

High expectations suggests need for retirement advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... Solutions Group chief investment officer, Dan Farley, said when looking at the uncertainty around retirement or what people worry about "there was anywhere between 20 and 30% of the participants concerned about running out of money and the longevity ...

One down, two to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... could have a larger than expected adverse impact, given this country's prominent role in global trade". Which brings us to worry number three. "This risk could be compounded by negative knock-on effects from interest rate increases in the United States ...