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Jump goes the Aussie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... to US$0.70 (or less) only last month, the tide has turned for the Australian dollar after it jumped to a 26-month high versus the greenback to US$0.7933. It's now extrapolated to keep on rising to US$0.80, perhaps even US$0.85. Once again, the rationales ...

Looking ahead key to flipping bad money habits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... round of financial scenarios, the results showed that it took a large sum of money to tempt people into depositing money versus spending it. But once they engaged with their future self, it took a significantly lower amount to tempt them into wanting ...

May the force's not with her

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... vote of 23 June 2016. Sterling depreciated against its major currency counterparts after the elections: it fell by 1.6% versus the US dollar; it went down by 1.3% against the euro and by 1.1% vis-a-vis the Japanese yen. It wasn't all bad news though. ...

Weaker returns for SMSFs: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
... index had higher weightings in cash and property, and a lower allocation to equities compared to MySuper products (39% versus 53%). Returns for both strategies was more than 10% for the year - about four times the rate of inflation, indicating the importance ...

Goals-based strategies valuable for retirees: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... aspirational goals by expecting higher levels of returns and performance, the report said. It looks at mass customisation versus mass production of retirement investments. It highlights the need to combine the two aspects, adding that it's possible to ...

Global asset management fees continue to fall

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... table," van Zyp said. "If fees proved to be a crucial factor in investment strategy, such as the choice of single hedge funds versus fund of hedge funds, it may be worth examining the question again. Finally the question of priorities: stakeholders should ...

Distribution reshapes globalisation: Capital Group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... from both Lonsec and Zenith Investment Partners. As at 30 December 2016 it has generated an annualised return of 13.4% versus an index return of 9.9% over 43 years. It is available in a unit trust structure and through the investment platforms such as ...

Japan rides the virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... in mid-April and is up 4.1% this year to date. Similarly, the Japanese yen reversed course, resuming its weakening trend versus the US dollar - down 4.2% from the five-month high reached in mid-April - but remains 2.3% stronger against the greenback ...

Advice associations respond to Federal Budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... the FPA encourages planners to plan client reviews carefully, giving priority to those affected immediately or very soon, versus those where the potential impact is very significant," De Gori advised. Meanwhile, Association of Financial Advisers' chief ...

Government debt on its way to $606bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... projected $20 billion by 2020-21 through the impact of technology, efficiency dividends and staff freezes. As for "good debt" versus "bad debt", the Budget papers report that about 89% of Australia's Budget is recurrent spending and only 11% is for capital ...