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Doing our bit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
In my book last week has gotta be one of the boring-est weeks of 2012. But with most equity markets ending on the plus side, boring is good enough for me. Reports that the US economy created 163,000 jobs in July - better than the 100K expected - sent ...

Retiree living costs match CPI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
The Pension Beneficiary Living Costs Index rose 0.5% for the June quarter 2012 and 1% across the last 12 months, matching regular inflation. The index, measured by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, tries to capture changes in living costs for retirees ...

S&P Indices expands fixed income

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
S&P Indices has expanded its S&P/ASX fixed income series and introduced intraday pricing to the Australian market. The government inflation-linked bond index carries capital inflation linked bonds with principal adjusted by trailing Australian CPI each ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
Uh-oh. Here's looking at you kid, and kid you're not looking good. A weaker-than-expected US non-farm payrolls report released during the Easter break punctuated a week of not so good news for the equity markets, re-igniting the uncertainty over America's ...

Calls for super industry to up focus on beta

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
The super industry needs to look long term to correct a fundamental misalignment in the way funds are evaluated, according to Cbus. David Atkin, chief executive officer of Cbus believes that as asset owners, funds should be at the "top of the tree" ...

Retirement not an automatic trigger for defensive strategies

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
Dynamic asset allocation is an alternative approach to defensive strategies in retirement investing options, according to a new white paper from Towers Watson. In the paper, "Finding the balance, strategies to improve post retirement investing", Towers ...

Benchmarked inflation protection doesn't stack up

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
Managing inflation spikes through inflation-lined bonds (ILB) is fundamentally flawed, according to one institutional investment manager. "The traditional approach to managing inflation has been to buy an inflation benchmark, which is typically eight ...

Cup Day: Aussies to win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
Europe update: They're still having a go at it. And financial markets are bobbing up and down with every fresh update. Most European stock markets closed weaker because "Hopes fade for quick summit fix for Europe woes," says theage.com.au's headline ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
... points, higher at 2,438.79 despite weak export data and with dealers awaiting Friday's release of inflation data for September. CPI - the main gauge of inflation - rose 6.2 per cent year-on-year in August, down from a more than three-year high of 6.5 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
The Australian dollar is slightly higher on Friday morning as the market awaits any further news on the eurozone debt crisis. At 0700 AEDT on Friday, the Australian dollar was trading at 102.05 US cents, up from 101.89 cents on Thursday. Since 1700 ...