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Challenger dominates annuity market

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... independent researcher, Plan for Life. Currently there are three annuity providers with CommInsure, BT and Challenger. "The GFC has definitely helped annuity sales, along with the secular shift in demand driven by retirement demographics. It looks like ...

Those tight Aussies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
... have historically had high household savings rates, make no mistake, Ireland's being forced upon it. In 2007 -- before the GFC - Ireland had a zero savings ratio. The OECD predicts America's savings ratio to ease to 5.0% in 2012 from 5.5% in 2011. Hey ...

FPA welcomes standards

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... of education standards and code of ethics, Rantall spoke of the extraordinary time planners find themselves in. "With the GFC, FOFA and ageing demographics the need for advice has never been greater," said Rantall, adding how highly publicised cases ...

Instos embrace low volatility equity portfolios

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... Financial Standard. This strategy has been emerging in Australia over the past three years since investors were burned by the GFC. "The reaction has been positive from institutional investors in the face of recent volatility and low short term bond yields ...

Flight to quality boosts PIMCO inflows

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... levels. PIMCO said the best month for inflows was July, which was nearly double the worst period during the height of the GFC, with a 90 % inflow increase when the S&P/ASX 200 dropped sharply in September. "As markets continue to move sideways, we are ...

Europe push-US pull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... monthly and year-on-year (4.0%) growth rate in industrial production is now on par with the boom conditions we've seen pre-GFC. Wait there's more. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo index of builder confidence rose to 20 in November ...

Reverse contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... But Spud, have you looked at the yield offered by German bunds? At 2.5% they're lower than the 3.0-3.5% lows hit during the GFC. Investors are buying bunds at a time when the region is suffering from a crisis in sovereign bonds! Seems to me that the ...

Perspective not perplexing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... safe to assume given current trends that countries ex-euro won't be contracting by the same magnitude they did during the GFC. Putting things in perspective this way makes it clear that it's really not a bad outcome as some are making it to be.

Investment the way of the future, says ANZ chief economist

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... a "reasonable probability", but said the Australian banking system is far better placed to deal with it now than when the GFC first hit. "...Because there's more savings, we have more capital, and because we've already gone through that fright. So I ...

Autumn Angst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... isn't even half the 9.04% spiral on the S&P 500 -- or the more than 733-point drop in the Dow -- on 15 October 2008 during the GFC. That was scary! Yet if you stocked up on the S&P 500 on this day, you still would have seen your portfolio grow by 35.4%... ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

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Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

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Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI
The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

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MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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