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Baby boomers should be wary of generic advice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... heavily on risky assets and don't take into account the fragility of the near-retirement phase. "If an investor suffers a major capital loss [during this phase], it is extremely unlikely that the full extent of the loss will ever be recouped. This becomes ...

Asia already benefiting from fall in oil prices

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... annual market outlook media event. He said that Nikko AM is invested in 10 different markets in Asia, nine of which "are a major beneficiary from the fall in oil prices." Sartori described the recent movements as "very severe, quick and violent" and ...

401(k) plans to reach $6trn by 2018

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
Total private defined contribution (DC) assets in the US are expected to surpass $6 trillion in 2018, according to new research from global analytics firm Cerulli Associates. "Our projections indicate that, by the end of the decade, total private DC ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... next week. A fall in the Australian dollar under 78 US cents was also good for companies with operations overseas, with the major banks and big resources companies driving the market's gain. "Obviously, there's speculation that there might be an interest ...

Economists divided over Europe growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... thing called monetary union, they got what they could get. But the Germans wouldn't go along with a fiscal union." Today, "major economies like France and Italy are dreadfully uncompetitive compared to Germany," but they can't compensate with fiscal ...

Industry insurance report to focus on advice remuneration model

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
The final report by the Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) life insurance working group will largely focus on risk advisers' remuneration structures. The report is expected to be completed before March 31 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following strong gains on Wall Street. At 0653 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 47 points at 5,553. In local economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia will ...

Asset owners throwing money away in hidden fees

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... biggest asset owners suffered the same problems. "We have identified over 160 trigger points where cost leakage can occur. The major issues arise as a result of information asymmetry, a lack of transparency and intermediaries getting involved," Staub ...

Boutique corporate super realigns following MySuper

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... sectors better suited to high touch advice. Rainmaker said these groups include netwealth that in the past year launched major initiatives into Managed Accounts while redesigning and streamlining many of its platform products, and Fiducian which has ...

CFSGAM completes fundraising for European infrastructure fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has closed the European Diversified Infrastructure Fund (EDIF) after successfully achieving its fundraising objective of $2.9billion. The fifth and final round of fundraising saw the fund draw in ...