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FIIG brings corporate bond issue to market

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
FIIG Securities will bring a $50 million corporate bond issue to the wholesale market on behalf of sugar miller Mackay Sugar, the fixed income broker announced this week. The five-year notes will be offered with a coupon of between 7% and 7.5% and dealers ...

Jobs a-plenty but not if Gillard could help it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
Wow! That's the only expression one could make when one saw the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the state of the country's labour market. Wow indeed for the Australian economy added more than seven times the 10,000 workers economists ...

Can't help falling in love with stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
"Sing Hallelujah! Sing it Sing Hallelujah! Sing it, yeah Sing Hallelujah!" -- 'Sing Hallelujah' by Dr. Alban They're dancing and singing on the streets - Wall Street, that is -- for the Dow Jones Industrials Index has officially closed at an all-time ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
Gains by the major banks have pushed the Australian share market toward the 5,000 point level. At 1042 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 16.3 points, or 0.33 per cent, at 4,975.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had ...

Retirement costs on the rise again

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
The cost of living a modest retirement has risen faster than the overall rate of inflation, according to new research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) released today. The cost of a 'comfortable' retirement has risen 2% ...

Time to fear?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
Are you thinking what I'm thinking? No, not that. I'm thinking about Warren Edward Buffet - the "Oracle of Omaha" - and his words of wisdom: "Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful" We've witnessed this Buffetism play before ...

Equipsuper appoints new board member

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... appointed Terry Swingler to its board as employer director following a recent vote. Swingler has had a long association with Equip, having been a member of the fund for 49 years. He was a director of the Water Industry Superannuation Fund (WISF) for ...

Commodities boom over: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
The super-cycle that drove a huge boom in commodity investment over the last decade is well and truly over, according to UBS's Mark Rider. The Australian head of investment strategy, who has also worked for the Reserve Bank of Australia as head of economic ...

Aging SMSF trustees revert to managed solutions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
A growing number of self-managed super fund trustees are actively looking to move to a managed fund as they approach retirement, according to legalsuper chief executive Andrew Proebstl. He says that trustees are questioning whether they will have the ...

Adviser retraining delivers in spades: BT

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... uncertainty confronting the industry. "Waiting on legislation has been very disempowering for advisers, so we wanted to equip them with the technical skills to succeed regardless of the regulatory environment, and to recognise the opportunities that ...