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Challenger extends deal with SimCorp

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... integrated with the back-office, eliminating the need for data transformation and reconciliation, which creates savings versus a disparate systems environment," Challenger general manager of operations David Mackaway said. SimCorp Asia managing director ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... finance ministers met to discuss ways to clamp down on tax fraud, while the euro and US dollar hit fresh multi-year highs versus the yen. At the close on Monday, London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares gained 0.10 per cent to 6,631.76 points. Frankfurt's ...

Down, down, dollar down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... "should that be necessary to support demand" that did it? Was it the Druckenmiller/Soros effect? They bet against the A$ versus the big one with Druckenmiller -- known to have made a cool US$1 billion for George Soros in 1992 when he bet against the ...

Rate cuts prompt SMSF cash exodus

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... Investment Patterns Survey. Falling cash rates mean that term deposits and savings accounts are now less attractive to investors versus riskier assets with higher yields. Last week the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut the base rate an additional 25 ...

Basel III to see banks focus on longer-term depositors

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... is more attractive pricing of longer dated savings (such as unbreakable term deposits and 31 day notice period deposits) versus call savings accounts with unrestricted access. She also anticipated banks to bundle products together or offer additional ...

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... manufacturing index - what I consider the most reliable leading indicator of the Amererican economy - slowed to 50.7 in April versus 51.3 in the previous month and expectations of 51.0. The ADP employment survey showed that only 119,000 private sector ...

US tax abolition to pave way for super fund inv

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... pre-crisis pricing. That said the asset class still looks cheap on a relative basis when compared to historical yield spreads versus treasury and corporate bonds," explained Steele. "While capital appreciation may be moderating, investors should still ...

Fund managers tip great returns on US investments

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... Poole added that accommodative central bank policies would help boost corporate asset such as equities and corporate bonds, versus government-backed securities. "In the US, equity valuations remain higher than most other developed markets, but we think ...

Three arrows hitting the spot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... its decades long deflation (see what I mean?) and not aimed at weakening the yen. The Japanese yen has dropped by 12.8% versus the US dollar this year to date and by 11.9% against the euro. You say potato, I say "beggar-thy -neighbour" still. You don't ...

Aurora targets retail investors with liquid hedge fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... cost of extra liquidity is about 20% of the return from traditional hedge fund approaches. But that is still attractive versus other managed options," he explained. "Our models also show that as you add exposure to the Aurora Horizons strategy in a typical ...