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Retirement objective is income not performance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
Providing retirement income solutions for super fund members requires funds to be clear about their goals. Is it achieving high investment returns, enabling members to accumulate high fund balances or is it about providing retirement income, notwithstanding ...

Financial markets give the budget a big yawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
"Dizzy, I'm so dizzy my head is spinning Like a whirlpool it never ends..." -Tommy Roe Done listening, watching and reading all about whys, hows, whens and wherefores of budget 2013-14? I know I am, I'm so, like, over it. It's good. No, it's bad. Nah ...

IM focus at slimmed down Russell

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
The Australian market's political cost-cutting agenda is to blame for the loss of swathes of financial services jobs, according to Russell Investments managing director Alan Schoenheimer, who is refocusing Russell's business on its investment management ...

Will stocks follow Fed exit to the exits?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
It's not easy to keep on climbing for three weeks straight, or for seven of the past eight days without resting and taking in the view from the top you know. That's why Wall Streeter's could be forgiven for taking a breather last night but...in this ...

Down, down, dollar down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
Down, down A$ is down. Here's looking at you, parity. Was it the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)'s 25 basis pint reduction in the official cash rate last week and RBA Governor Stevens' promise to do more "should that be necessary to support demand" ...

Rate cuts prompt SMSF cash exodus

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
A wave self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees are swaping their cash holdings for fixed interest and direct property investments, according to the latest Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey. Falling cash rates mean that term deposits and savings ...

Exchange-traded government bonds to trade on ASX

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
Retail investors will have a wider investment universe to choose from with exchange-traded government bonds (AGBs) set to trade on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). In a statement yesterday, the ASX announced that exchange-traded AGBs will be ...

RBA to raise rates in Wayne's world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
Stop right there! Thank you very much. If you still haven't made up your mind which way to bet on which way the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would go on interest rates at 230 PM AEST today, stop! I'll spare you the anguish, the anxiety, the suspense. ...

A lesson against austerity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
Sell in May? No way, Jose! We're now at that time of the year when historical stats show the bulls stop running and the bears have their way. But maybe...not this May. Not if investors keep in mind the current market mantra that 'what is bad is good ...

It's the headlines, you twit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
"BREAKING NEWS: President@BarackObama assassinated, 2 gunshot wounds have proved too much. It's a sad 4th for #america. #obamadead RIP." Were it not for this Twitter post - later discovered to be caused by Associated Press' twitter feed being hacked ...