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Retirement not an automatic trigger for defensive strategies

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... week, the Towers Watson paper agreed that multi-asset funds and diversified growth funds have a real return target, such as CPI plus five, without static or fixed strategic asset allocation. "Neither of these approaches is likely to result in the perfect ...

Benchmarked inflation protection doesn't stack up

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... the cycle." The dynamic approach adopted by QIC in a pooled investment fund focuses on outperforming the three-year rolling CPI by 4% and has attracted close to $1 billion in funds under management since September 2010. The dynamic investment process ...

ASFA: Retirement costs on the rise

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... The increase in costs over the quarter for retirees was similar to the 0.6% increase in the All Groups Consumer Price Index (CPI). Retiree households on average have different spending patterns to the rest of the population. Along with generally owning ...

Cup Day: Aussies to win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... better-than-expected core inflation print that has virtually assured his prediction becomes reality - maybe. Australian headline CPI inflation eased to 0.6% in the September quarter - in line with market expectations - from 0.9% in the second quarter. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
... points, higher at 2,438.79 despite weak export data and with dealers awaiting Friday's release of inflation data for September. CPI - the main gauge of inflation - rose 6.2 per cent year-on-year in August, down from a more than three-year high of 6.5 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... it's going to be tough to make any more upward moves." On Friday, China is due to release its September consumer price index (CPI) data the key measure of inflation. The median market forecasts is for annual inflation to come in at 6.1 per cent. "If ...

Waiting and hoping

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... employment growth (August payrolls), reduced wealth via still weak housing prices and falling equities, higher costs of living -- CPI inflation's up to 3.8% in August from 3.6% in July -- and lessened (if not outright) distaste for fiscal stimulation. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... remained a key factor in determining market confidence. He said there was little coming up in the way of local data, however US CPI data due to be released next week would also impact the course of the Australian dollar. Mr Gibbs said the local unit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... dollar was boosted on Wednesday and posted a fresh post-float record after official data showed the consumer price index (CPI) rose 3.6 per cent over the year to June, accelerating from 3.3 per cent over the year to March. With no major economic data ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... dollar broke new ground above 110 US cents after the release of the inflation figures, which showed the consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.9 per cent in the June quarter. "It's a pairing back of expectations that we're going to get a rate cut," Mr Weston ...