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Milliman seeing shift in bond portfolios

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
Holding high quality bonds in an attempt to generate income and offset volatility and drawdowns in the stock market was an approach that served investors well leading up to the financial crisis. Low yields and interest rates mean bonds now offer less ...

US fiduciary rule fight not slowing down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... research released in February this year by the DOL nevertheless echoed SIFMA's concerns that increased fees for investors to offset lost adviser commission remuneration could result in lower take-up of advice type services and lead to substantive changes ...

Platform FUM up $660bn

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... responsible for almost 39%. Platforms grew 11.8% to reach $303.1 billion by the end of March. Inflows of $55.9billion were offset by outflows of $56.0 billion. Master Trusts increased by 16.4% to reach $95.3bn with annual inflows jumping 21.7% to $18 ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set for a flat open as gains on Wall Street were offset by falls in commodity prices. At 0658 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down six points at 5,549. Wall Street stocks were up after a solid ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... contract was up three points at 5,465. Wall Street stocks finished little-changed as a the General Electric asset sale offset worries about spiking US Treasury bond yields. Locally on Wednesday, the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment ...

Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open lower, following falls on Wall Street overnight. At 0654 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 25 points at 5,477. US stocks were lower, led by large declines in technology ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... its 2015 profit forecast from $US6.75-$US6.90 per share to $US6.85-$US6.95 per share. Strong performance by Calvin Klein offset the hit on overseas earnings from the strong dollar. Delta Air Lines fell 2.6 per cent as it projected a decline of four to ...

Market lower as Wall Street falls

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... holds its annual general meetings. In Australia, the market on Friday finished flat after weakness among the big four banks offset strong gains among energy stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.4 points, or 0.04 per cent, at 5,664.7 points. ...

Shadow Treasurer will go to election over super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... government's change to taxation of holders of Work and Holiday visas; abolition of the large family bonus; removal of the zone tax offset for fly-in fly-out workers; changes to work-related car expense deduction methods; and the implementation of the ...

Don't put all QE in the same basket: AXA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
The quantitative easing (QE) programs undertaken by the United States, Europe and Japan are essentially different from each other and investors should expect different economic impacts for each one of them. AXA Framlington head of Asia Mark Tinker said ...