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Rethinking risk through goals-based investing

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... clear trend: retirees are increasingly delineating their discretionary draw-downs from the income they need to provide for basic daily necessities. Recent AMP Capital research provides a sample case of a retiree with $500,000 sitting in a balanced superannuation ...

University launches free SMSF course

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
Charles Sturt University (CSU) has launched an online self-managed superannuation course as a growing number of Australians move to manage their own superannuation assets. Professor of finance at the School of Accounting and Finance, Adam Steen launched ...

Disclosure deadlines present super challenge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... from superannuation trustees relate to errors and issues in administration. These can range from errors in unit pricing to basic failures to provide required disclosures to members in time," ASIC's submission says. In the past two years the political ...

Investors must look past Australia for opportunities: BAM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
... basically down about 10%, they're just drifting lower and lower and a lot of that has been coming from sectors like energy, basic materials and a bit more recently things like financials. "We've had a really good performance period over that time period ...

Retiree expenditure remains modest: study

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... Australian Centre of Financial Studies (ACFS), found 80% of retired households report expenditure levels considered to be a basic standard of living - $23,797 for singles and $43,226 for couples. AIST chief executive Tom Garcia said the research challenged ...

Austock expands investment menu

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
... meet objectives like education and home ownership funding. "Until now, the indexed range on the bond's menu has comprised a basic suite of single sector options, covering fixed interest, property, Australian shares and international shares." The Vanguard ...

ANZ nine-month cash profit down

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
ANZ Bank's third quarter cash profit for the financial year was down 3% to $5.2 billion as bad debt continues to claw at profits. The group highlighted an increase of 5% in profit before provisions, with income increasing at a quicker rate than expenses. ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... Bank Group and the African Competition Forum (ACF). The report, Breaking Down Barriers, found that reducing the prices of basic food staples by just 10% as a result of tackling cartels and improving regulations that limit competition in food markets ...

Economic wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... changes behind the world's three major (or G3) currencies (the US dollar, the euro and the Japanese yen) are eroding their basic currency functions with the result that their global influence will fade over the long-term, says a report from BNP Paribas ...

Super gets reality check on engagement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... Speaking at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) event in Sydney on Tuesday, Kirkland said there are basic misunderstandings of super that need to be addressed before funds attempt more sophisticated levels of engagement with members. ...