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Benchmark bond funds worst choice for Aussie investors

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... program from September," Martier continued. "This is just a couple of weeks after the Reserve Bank of Australia cut the cash rate to a record low of 2.5% in response to the sluggish economy-a move that, during normal circumstances, would be favourable ...

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STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
In the latest edition of Financial Standard we look at how the spike in lapse rates and an increasing number of people claiming total and permanent disability (TPD) may lead to an overhaul of products and a surge in premiums. We also take a closer look ...

Product Dashboard could spook risk-averse members

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
Increased data reporting on the Product Dashboard could see risk-averse members making overly cautious and ultimately self-defeating investment decisions, according to Tom Garcia, chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...

Cash love affair continues despite falling rates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... an investment now more than they used to." Received wisdom suggests that, as interest rates are driven down by a low cash rate, investors will look for better returns - either in equities or in safer investments such as bonds. With the cash rate (2.5%) ...

Rate cut impacts SMSFs, retirees

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decision to cut the cash rate by 25 basis points may impact self-managed super funds (SMSF) and retirees, meaning that financial advisers may have to work with them to seek other sources of income. Retirees and SMSFs ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
... Bank announcement at 2.30pm (AEST), where boardmembers are likely to cut interest rates by 0.25 percentage points to a cash rate of 2.5 per cent. "We're going to basically see a little bit of a holding pattern until the RBA delivers its decision," she ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
... points at 5053. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its monthly board meeting and makes it cash rate decision. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases June's international trade in goods and services figures and the ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... cut in August. Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens on Tuesday hinted the central bank cut could cut the cash rate to a record low of 2.5 per cent at its board meeting next week. Mr Stevens said previous rate cuts were helping the economy ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... at 5,014. The market reversed early losses on Tuesday due to hints from the Reserve Bank of Australia it will cut the cash rate next week. There's no local economic news expected on Wednesday. In company news, Origin Energy and Paladin Energy will release ...

Standard Life Inv GARS manager in shock exit

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... Australian institutional investors. Best described as a market neutral multi-asset fund, it aims to deliver 5% above the cash rate by deploying an array of approaches. With market risk hedged out, the fund is specifically designed to protect investors ...