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Gold's no longer gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... represents an increase in China's gold reserves to around 1.66% of total reserves from 1.53% in 2009. Explanation three. Low interest rates offer no incentive to hold US bonds. Sure, there is no interest payment attached to gold, but it also does not ...

Class partners actuarial certificate provider

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... Actuarial. Actuarial certificates are generally required for SMSFs that pay a pension income stream and have an accumulation interest. The certificate helps to determine what proportion of the fund's income is exempt from tax. The partnership means that ...

ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... Shanghai and Shenzhen. The recent signing of the China Australia Free Trade Agreement has increased retail investors' interest in the country, with accounting firm Crowe Horwath labeling it as a 'win win'. "The agreement will allow for better market ...

Higher US rates will test investors' nerves: QIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
Interest rates in the United States are expected to increase over the coming months, a change that will deliver higher returns, but will also test investors' nerves, QIC said. QIC is anticipating that the term premium, the compensation required by investors ...

SPECIAL REPORT: Let's talk about managed accounts

... readership survey last year which found the main reason advisers do not offer managed accounts is due to "lack of client interest". Yet an adviser focus group, pulled from the same sample of respondents for the research, rejected this headline result. ...

A$ down but would it stay down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... it all along. The bottom line is that the A$'s fortune remains largely at the hands of the Fed and what it decides on interest rates.

SMSF direct property investment jumps 60pct

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
The value of self-managed super fund (SMSF) investment in residential real estate has jumped 60% in the last four years, according to figures from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). In its submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry ...

CFOs more optimistic in second quarter

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... encouraging given that local and global uncertainty are now more a given rather than exception," Gustafson said. He said low interest rates continue to support optimism as gearing intentions remain solid given credit is still perceived to be both cheap ...

Round and round we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... unanticipated developments could delay or accelerate this first step". The Bank of Canada's "surprise" move overnight, cutting interest rates by 25 bps to a 6-year low 0.5% also brings us back to early this year. Remember the series of "surprise" monetary ...

Annuities to become more competitive

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... current market of $11 billion to $23 billion by 2024. But questions remain as to whether Australians will increase their interest in annuities as part of their retirement plan. Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows 1% of retirees taking full or ...