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Sluggish growth the new norm: Janus

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
Once the high volatility experienced within the spread declines over the next six to 12 months, slower earnings growth will emerge as Australia's 'new norm', according to Carmel Wellso, portfolio manager with Janus Capital Group. In Australia to address ...

Super FUM hits $1.4 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... sector This explains why the retail wealth managers are now busily playing catch-up in the SMSF space and trying to secure as big a footprint as they can in the segment. Whole of fund returns for the superannuation market averaged 0.7% for 2011-12, remarkably ...

SMSF's need life cover education

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
Knowledge of life insurance offers is the biggest barrier to self managed super fund members taking it up within their fund, said AIA Australia. AIA Australia surveyed approximately 400 advisers on the knowledge and take-up of life insurance within ...

Add duration: UBS

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... Johnson, interest rate strategist, UBS. The reality is that currently, we are still trading European sentiment. One of the big stories for Australia has been capital flight - that's why yields are low and our currency is high, he said. Johnson said now ...

No change - no mas, no less

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... month... or the next? Maybe. Maybe not. By the same token, will financial markets show their disappointment at the Fed should Big Benny merely paraphrase his "if it becomes necessary" rhetoric? In the meantime... we sit... and wait. They say patience ...

Market shocks likely: Advance Asset Management

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
Geo-political signals allude to a potential market shock in coming months, said Advance Asset Management. Global political uncertainty could to lead to a severe destablilsiation of markets as soon as the last quarter of this year, said Felix Stephen ...

Think big on scale, ORFR: APRA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... on the issue of the scale test, which has been misunderstood. The prudential requirements concerning scale again need the big picture perspective regarding long-term concern and the beneficiaries' best interests. "APRA would be concerned if a small fund ...

Sitting and waiting and still hoping

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... that is - at the end of this month. But if global dynamics stay the way they are, don't expect to see anything at the hole. Big Ben would just be repeating his reiteration of "if it becomes necessary" vow. Then we're up for more waiting. There's the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... of 14 cents. CBA was down $1.755, or 3.0 per cent, at $55.595, after paying a final dividend of $1.97. The remainder of the big four banks were higher. Westpac was up 38 cents to $24.88, National Australia Bank had added 27.5 cents to $24.905 and ANZ ...

Untargeted tax subsidies inept

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
New research suggests that the untargeted nature of tax concessions - the mainstay of Australia's universal superannuation system - make them highly inefficient. The Australia Institute's (TAI) recently released study, 'Can the taxpayer afford 'self-funded' ...