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Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
Ask not when the Fed would start raising interest rates but whether the Fed should re-launch QE. Let's take a trip back to 29 July, Virginia - the day the Fed released its policy statement at the conclusion of its 28-29 July FOMC meeting - it was sliced ...

ASX records $400m profit

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... Among its full-year results, the ASX recorded total revenues of more than $700 million, up 6.4% on the previous year. Interest and dividend income was up 1.8% to $71.9 million; operating expenses up 4.2% to $160.1 million; and depreciation and amortisation ...

Super governance changes questioned

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
The federal government's focus on accountability around conflicting interests in superannuation boards has been described as "curious" by lawyers reviewing proposed super governance legislation. A paper prepared by Hall and Wilcox Lawyers for the Australian ...

PROFILE: SSGA head of Investment Solutions Group Mark Wills

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
Mark Wills once managed to play rugby, go to university, have a job and meet his future wife within a single year. But after managing to juggle so many activities during the early years of his career, today State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) head of ...

Bangkok bombs and Malaysia's terror

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... highest since August 2014) from 1% at the start of the year. This presents a dilemma for Bank Negara Malaysia in terms of interest rate policy management - it needs to lower interest rates to support growth but higher rates to tame inflationary pressures. ...

Super funds hunting further afield for overseas assets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... markets. "One of the big things for institutional investors is that they want to see our own commitment and alignment of interest, so they have responded very positively to our co-investment of capital. We are investing significant house capital in the ...

Islamic super fund sees 245% FUM growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... diversified property fund (27%), an Australian equity fund (21%) and an international equity fund (23%). "We've had significant interest from abroad and will continue our growth in the short to medium term, with the firm continuing to reach out internationally," ...

Australians need another $130,000 for retirement: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... generally tax advantaged and the earlier you can put money away, the more you will benefit from the effects of compound interest," Vamos said. According to ASFA the most significant price rises affecting the cost of living for retirees this quarter are ...

Industry fund encourages members to claim insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
An industry superannuation fund has started an online campaign to help explain to its members how to claim on their group insurance policies. Energy Super has posted a short YouTube video in which an eight year old named Pete talks about how his father ...

Empire State bombs out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... month's reading of plus 4.26. With stats like these, who wouldn't wet their pants... or be happy that the Fed would keep interest rates on ice for a long while longer? More so, if you consider that the index had been hit by export weakness because of ...