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Employer super contributions down as jobless figure rises

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
Employer superannuation contributions saw their biggest fall in the 2013 June quarter since the global financial crisis, according to Financial Services Council (FSC) chief economist James Bond. The FSC's Bond Report put the figure at $489 million ...

Trophy infrastructure assets too expensive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... consultant Duncan Hale. Large global investors have raced to buy infrastructure assets in the wake of the global financial crisis to benefit from the high yields on offer versus traditional fixed income assets and their low correlations to volatile equity ...

Investors risk being left behind by renewable energy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... generation, management and use. Chadwick told Financial Standard that the economic turmoil created by the global financial crisis had distracted investors from developments in the renewable energy space which he believes can spark a "new world order" ...

QE tapering fears spark $1 billion flight from bonds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... been triggered by the US Federal Reserve which has indicated for the first time since the onset of the global financial crisis that it is close to being in a position to begin tapering its $85 billion a month quantitative easing program with most analysts ...

Benchmark bond funds worst choice for Aussie investors

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... benchmark-imposed limitations and risks," she said. Australian government bonds performed well following the global financial crisis, with yields falling to record lows as offshore investors took refuge in the relative calm of Australia's economic and ...

Demographic megatrends drive earnings well into the future

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... this market inefficiency." The problem with forecasting beyond three years is that it is difficult. The global financial crisis has highlighted that unexpected things happen and the distant future is a hazy place to understand. The further out you try ...

Investor confidence drives advice growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
The recovery of investor confidence after the global financial crisis is benefiting the financial planning space, which has seen a surge of clients looking for advice. An Investor Trends Planner Business Model Report for May 2013 found that new client ...

Strong US recovery to send bond yields through the roof

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
... artificially low because of the $3 trillion asset purchase program pursued by the Fed since the on-set of the global financial crisis. "10% yields are not outside the realm of possibility. But the good news is that global investors, banks and central ...

Yields above 10% up for grabs in unlisted property

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... fund investors because they can't touch the money until they are 65 anyway," he said. In the wake of the global financial crisis, the group has moved it's a remuneration structure to a performance fee basis so that the fund managers' interests are better ...

Super funds urged to rethink 70/30 structure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... conventional approach to portfolio construction fails to protect against major financial disruptions such as the global financial crisis, which saw some retirees lose more than a quarter of their savings. "As an industry we have failed to effectively ...