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Indian economy accelerating/slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... awaits greater transmission of previous cuts." To be sure, the RBI could reduce interest rates another notch if it wanted. CPI inflation, at 5.4% in June, remains below its 6% target for the 9th consecutive month (although this represents an acceleration ...

Pay rises better at non-aligned firms

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... industry consultancy The Dawson Partnership. While salaried financial planners employed by institutions received, at best, CPI increases those employed by independent firms fared better, particularly those who contributed to the firm's revenue growth ...

A question of trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... things in the economy are tracking relative to policy objectives". Yes Virginia, the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) CPI report for the June quarter has heated up speculations of whether or not the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would cut interest ...

Lift-off on Carney's mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... blame him, he looks around inside his backyard and sees that everything's getting better. Except for low inflation - headline CPI eased back to zero in June from 0.1% in May; the core rate dipped to 0.8% from 0.9% -- the UK economy is lookin' pretty ...

CommInsure annuities listed on CFS wrap platforms

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... account based pension and a lifetime annuity can provide superior outcomes for Australians in retirement. "A combination of a CPI-indexed lifetime annuity with the age pension can be used to help meet the customer's basic living expenses," he said. The ...

Strong USD reflects (deflects) lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... appear to back her claim that the first quarter's weakness was due to "statistical noise" and "transitory factors". US core CPI inflation was at 1.8% in April - close to the 2.0% Fed target. US consumer confidence, house prices, new home sales and durable ...

Investec launches multi-asset fund for instos

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... multi-asset strategies, with Michael Spinks and Philip Saunders as co-managers of the fund. The fund targets returns of Australian CPI+5% with half the volatility of global equities. It focuses on dynamic asset allocation across a range of assets including ...

Property groups looking through the schooner glass

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... firm's retail portfolio through Dan Murphy's and BWS retail liquor assets, "provided them with exposure to a high quality CPI-hedged resilient rental income cash flow, generated from a high calibre tenant." Woolworths' businesses became Charter Hall's ...

Mercer launches retirement income strategy test

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... principal and co-author JP Crowley said defining retirement income-based objectives as opposed to simply aiming to outperform CPI plus a margin is not a simple task and this complexity has stifled innovation in the area to date. "Our framework and modelling ...

Small cap fund opens to retail investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... wider range of investors. The fund invests mainly in ASX-listed small caps and its objective is to deliver a total return of CPI plus 7.5%, as well as to outperform the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Accumulation Index after fees and costs over five-year periods. ...