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Super funds encouraged to collect indigenous data

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
Superannuation funds must have a vested interest in reducing the number of indigenous Australians who are fully or severely financially excluded from the mainstream. This was the constant message delivered by First Nations Foundation chief executive ...

Minimum withdrawal rates act as default: CSIRO

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
Research from CSIRO says minimum account-based pension withdrawal rates are acting as a conservative default that sees retirees exceeding needs to self-insure their financial longevity. CSIRO behavioural economics and superannuation decision-making ...

Confused and confounded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... whether or not they take the first step towards normalising monetary policy... this time in October. This week brings us data that directly answers the Fed's success or otherwise to its dual mandate - full employment and stable prices. The core Personal ...

Make it December (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... rate will average 0.375 per cent after liftoff. That compares with 48 per cent Thursday." (AFR) This because of fresh US data releases that disappointed - big time. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index dropped to 90.9 in July vis-A -vis June's ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... 5,506.0 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have gained, following European equities higher on hopes for a deal with Greece as US data showed private-sector hiring accelerated in June. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 138.40 points (0.79 per cent) to 17,757.91. ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... a positive lead from Wall Street ahead of a US Federal Reserve policy meeting. With the release of some disappointing US data and the Greek crisis dragging on, analysts say dealers are hoping the Fed puts back a rate hike, which is expected by the end ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... points, or 0.91 per cent, at 5,588.3 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks have risen following a wave of mostly solid US data and a fresh confirmation of that the European Central Bank's economic stimulus program will continue. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

US data says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... Providence Chamber of Commerce in Rhode Island on the 22nd of May about well... the "actual course of policy". There were US data a-plenty released overnight and Wall Street was at best... confused - the S&P 500 index gained 0.2% (later than sooner lift-off) ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... bargain-buying although it is still struggling due to fears that Greece will default on its debt obligations. An upbeat series of US data has put the wind back in the sails of the US dollar, which is sitting just below eight-year highs against the yen ...

Strong USD reflects (deflects) lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... be appropriate at some point this year to take the initial step to raise the federal funds rate target."...and recent US data releases appear to back her claim that the first quarter's weakness was due to "statistical noise" and "transitory factors". ...