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May cut, may not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
Getting hot, hot, hot. Betting on whether the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would take down the official cash rate from a record low 2.25% to a lower 2.0% following its May Board meeting tomorrow heats up. Bloomberg's latest survey says... 24 out ...

A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
All eyes, ears, and noses are on the Fed and how it crafts its forward guidance when its 2-day FOMC meeting concludes tomorrow. Yes, it's forward guidance for there is nothing in the stars pointing to a lift-off announcement when tomorrow comes. While ...

Bernie Ripoll to retire from federal politics

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... contribution Australians using financial advisers have far greater protection against conflicted advice," AIST chief executive Tom Garcia said.

Combined Insurance to work with ASIC on fraud leak

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
Combined Insurance Asia Pacific executive vice president Christopher Carey has said his company will "work with ASIC" to investigate the misconduct exposed by whistleblower Alison Moore. A former employee of the ACE Group-owned insurance firm, Moore ...

China's trade trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
Crrr-unch! That's the sound of China's trade numbers collapsing. And it was a thunderous thud, Virginia. The country's trade surplus shrank to US$3.08 billion in March from $60.6 bil in February and expectations for a US$40 bil print. With imports dropping ...

Changes to super tax needed: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... taxes in the accumulation and post-retirement phase, with a view towards a less-complex tax regime." AIST chief executive Tom Garcia said the submission would include examining "the current 15% tax on fund earnings, the 15% contributions tax, and the ...

Industry bodies respond to Hockey's tax debate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
... need the concessions to achieve a comfortable retirement, while minimising the draw on the Age Pension." AIST chief executive Tom Garcia also agreed with a superannuation concessions review, pointing to its recent research demonstrating disparities in ...

From the mouths of Feds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
A small minus one day, a tiny loss the next and you'll be forgiven for barely noticing that the US stock market had been steadily losing ground all week. But add them all together and they equal something to email your momma about. All up, the S&P 500 ...

VicSuper awards $100 million mandate to AB

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
AllianceBernstein has been awarded a $100 million mandate from VicSuper for its Emerging Consumer strategy. "The Emerging Consumer strategy will diversify our emerging-market equities exposure. We were impressed by the product's uniqueness," said VicSuper ...

CMSF closes with focus on policy

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... delegates attend 66 sessions and listen to over 60 speakers and chairs over the course of three days. AIST chief executive Tom Garcia set the tone of the conference with his initial speech by saying that the not-for-profit super sector needs to "think ...