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Govt to index military age pensions

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) that was closed in 1991. It will work by applying the higher of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) or the Pensioner and Beneficiary Living Cost Index (PBLCI). The changes come into force from 1 July 2014 to payments ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... from China. CMC Markets analyst Ric Spooner said the market was waiting for the release of Australian consumer price index (CPI) figures for the June quarter and Chinese manufacturing data. "I think the market is just awaiting those developments," he ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... points at 4,980. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release the consumer price index (CPI) for the June quarter. In equities news, Australand Property Group is scheduled to post half year results, while AMCIL ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... not the single-currency eurozone, annual inflation hit a 14-month peak in June, official data showed. Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation jumped to 2.9 per cent in June from 2.7 per cent in May, driven by rising petrol prices and shallower discounts ...

AustralianSuper returns likely to decline in FY14

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... Investment option has returned a positive result. Over the last ten years it has delivered an average 7.64% per year and a CPI plus 4%, ahead of the 3% benchmark. "For most people super is a long term investment which needs a sensible long-term strategy ...

A long two-month wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013

On austerity, growth and expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... at the official cash rate before the year is over from none to even a rate rise just a few months before. The benign March CPI inflation figures give it scope to do so while disappointment over the less than expected employment gain last month (and the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... higher as low inflation figures raised investors' expectations of an interest rate cut. Australia's consumer price index (CPI), the key measure of inflation, rose 0.4 per cent in the first three months of 2013, below expectations for a rise of 0.7 per ...

Refresher pause?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... will stay there until the unemployment rate remains above 6.5% (now at 7.7%) and inflation is no more than 2.5% (headline CPI now at 1.6%). In 2012, it was renewed speculation of a break up of the euro sparked by the victory of anti-austerity crusader ...

CFSGAM inflation plus fund targets post-retirement market

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... solutions team. Head of multi asset solutions Epco van der Lende and senior portfolio manager Peter Kocourek unveiled the CFSGAM CPI Plus fund at a media lunch yesterday. Unlike a typical balanced fund whose performance is at the mercy of the ups and ...