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Challenger adds firepower to annuities business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... been growing at around the 30% mark for a series of years," Benari said. "We apply a lot of capital against our annuities versus what a bank would put against a term deposit. As a consequence, as this business grows it needs capital." Even disregarding ...

Giving through PAFs back to pre-crisis level

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... cause-specific endowments. More women give and give a higher percentage of income at all ages up to 75 compared to men (37.2% versus 34.2%). New South Wales residents are the most generous, donating an average of $575 per donor, followed by Western Australians ...

Brumbie: Super idea, super silly reaction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... investment is bad, while all other types of property are just fine. Yeah, the distinction is clear as mud. This latest super-versus-property kerfuffle nevertheless reminds me of the shemozzle that became the still-born, and now defunct, First Home Saver ...

Because I'm happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... greater "considerable time" after it finishes tapering. US retail sales grew by nada in July (the worse in six months) versus market expectations for a 0.2% pick up and June's disappointing 0.2% rise. Core retail sales also disappointed - up by 0.1% ...

Only the dead have seen the end of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... by Russia are set to cloud the investment climate in Germany. The 4.6% drop in domestic capital goods orders (May/June versus March/April) points in this direction - even though special factors may have overstated the impact." This is bad enough in itself ...

CBA appoints international experts to oversee advice program

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... has said that the review will "look for the difference between the performance of the portfolio that you ought to be in versus the performance of the portfolio that you were put in." Read all Financial Standard coverage of the ASIC inquiry and the consequences ...

Australian Ethical launches country's first ethical bond fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... Ethical's Fixed Interest Trust has outperformed the index, on an after-fees basis since inception, returning an annualised 4.5% versus 4.4% from the UBS Composite Bond Index. "While benchmarked against the UBS Composite Bond Index, our Fixed Interest ...

FSC bids to lead retirement income debate

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... the contribution, earnings and drawdown phases, whether tax concessions cease at a certain accumulation point, lump sums versus compulsory or incentivised pensions, whether Age Pension and preservation ages should be aligned with life expectancy, the ...

Super fund trustees say manager fees too high

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... remunerated on performance -with the managers themselves actually showing a slightly stronger feeling on this point (36% versus 29%). Looking at the question of who holds the influence within funds, more than a third of managers believe this to be the ...

Not that time yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... there'll still be bumps along the way. Here, Putin could be the biggest bump. An escalation of tensions between the 'West' versus Russia versus Ukraine could prompt Eurozone businesses to, as Markit Economics' put it, "become increasingly reluctant to ...