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Damned lies and (actual) stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
"If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will even come to believe it yourself." -Paul Joseph Goebbels It may not be as sinister as what Adolf Hitler's propaganda minister intended it to be but the Bank of Japan (BOJ) continues ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set for a fairly flat open to the week after a weak lead from Wall Street on Friday. The June share price index futures contract was up two points at 5,749. On Friday, the S&P 500 in the US edged higher to a new record in ...

Western unconstrained strategy wins first mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
One of Western Asset Management's unconstrained strategies has won its first mandate from a large institutional investor in Australia. Western client service and marketing executive Michael Dale did not give more details about who the investor was or ...

Australia unprepared for FTAs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
The Australian financial services industry is unprepared for a "bonanza" arising from free trade agreements with China, Japan and South Korea, according to Finsia research. Multiple factors including rapid market growth (between 2.5% and 7% over the ...

No new taxes on super welcomed

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Superannuation representative groups have backed the federal government's decision to leave new taxes on super out of the 2015 budget but say there is further consultation ahead. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive ...

Cbus faces serious industry problems with super payments

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
An independent governance review of Cbus found the construction industry faces a serious problem with employers regularly gaming the system and not meeting their superannuation payment obligations. The recent review was commissioned by the industry ...

SSgA appointed to rebuild Findex investment strategy

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) will conduct a review of Findex's investment strategy and research approach, following the group's acquisition of Crowe Horwath. SSGA will be in charge of streamlining Findex's business structure and operating model ...

Asian equities on the rise

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
Regulatory, economic and technology-related changes are making Asian equities more appealing to investment managers this year, according to T. Rowe Price portfolio manager, Asia ex-Japan equity fund Anh Lu. Speaking at the T. Rowe Price equities discussion ...

Bank results underpin wealth management new era

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
As the big four banks prepare for the end of the extraordinary bull run experienced since the global financial crisis, their wealth management arms also gear up for a new era. In a more challenging market and regulatory environment, the focus for the ...

Mercer launches retirement income strategy test

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
Global consultancy firm Mercer recently launched a framework for super funds that reportedly tests and determines what the best retirement income strategies and products are. Titled 'Retirement Income: A framework for a complex problem', the document ...