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Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... don't know yourself, what are you supposed to say?" Ain't that the truth? Fed fund futures betting for a lift off remains a coin toss - 40% for September and 50% in December. The US non-farm payrolls report - due out Friday (New York day) - could provide ...

Planners continue insurer switches

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... OnePath, AIA Australia, BT Life and TAL. The top three risk software providers by planner satisfaction were XPLAN (IRESS), COIN and Midwinter. "Insurer relationships remain in a state of flux," Choi said. "While planners are stopping use of insurers ...

Water, water everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
Super Thursday. This is the term coined for the Bank of England's (BOE) data dump - announcing the monetary policy committee's (MPC) decision on interest rates, the MPC meeting minutes that led to the decision and the quarterly inflation report all ...

FSC calls for 12% super by 2022

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane has called for a bipartisan commitment to 12% superannuation contributions by 2022 in her keynote speech to the FSC Annual Conference on the Gold Coast. "With average balances still low - at $70,000 ...

TAL to invest $150 million in adviser support

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... pre-assessment requests for review by TAL underwriters; client insurance data feeds which can be automatically uploaded to XPLAN and COIN; adviser-personalised insurance marketing collateral; and automatic client cover upgrades without additional underwriting. ...

Rising bond yields a blip

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
A recent rise in bond yields across Europe, America and Australia is nothing but a blip on the radar according to Altair Asset Management chief economist, Stephen Roberts. In his latest economic insights column, Roberts said the risk of recession in ...

Actuaries say super taxes need to be reviewed

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... is the time to act and fix Australia's superannuation and pension systems "which are in fact two sides of the same policy coin." "It is not good enough to say that superannuation is out of bounds for revision and review," Pearson said. "Superannuation ...

Tug o' currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
It might only be for the summer but it certainly sounds to me like one of Popeye's (the sailor man) favourite outburst, "enough is enough and enough is too much". The euro has strengthened enough and it's become too much for the European Central Bank ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
You name it, we've got it. It's the drop in oil prices, it's the recovery in oil prices. It's the strong US dollar, it's the weakening US dollar in recent weeks. It's the "transitory" weakness in the US economy, it's the weakening US economy, it's... ...

May cut, may not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... quarter core inflation - trimmed mean up 2.3%; weighted median up 2.4% -- in the middle of last month reduced the odds to a coin flip (50/50). That was until the Australian dollar's resurgence back to US$0.80 against the greenback last week, immediately ...