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A Fed surprise?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... their money for a September lift-off. But whatever the timing, everybody and his dog are in unison that the Fed's first interest rate hike in the current cycle will happen in the year 2015. Maybe. Then again... maybe not. That's if last night's fall ...

Magellan ups cash weighting ahead of market volatility

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... compression in risk premia will unwind over the next 12 months or so, as investors focus on a normalisation of US short-term interest rates," Douglass told investors. "Rising long-term interest rates, emerging market instability, increased pressures ...

FPA deal with Cbus sparks super fund interest

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has received expressions of interest from several superannuation funds keen on striking referral deals similar to those signed with Cbus and Sunsuper. FPA chief executive Mark Rantall told Financial Standard ...

Bellmont to offer SMAs through Hub24

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
Boutique portfolio manager Bellmont Securities will offer two separately managed account (SMA) model portfolios through the Hub24 platform. Bellmont's Core Equities and Buy-Write portfolios were previously available through Linear, but Bellmont director ...

Happy Australian dollar Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... 72.5 to 65.3. The financial press and bloggeristas put this down to increased expectations Gov Glenn would announce an interest rate cut at the RBA's very first meeting for 2015 on 3 February. The chance of this happening has increased to 47% (based ...

Accountants interested in mFund: OneVue

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
The mFund settlement service will drive new interest in managed funds from SMSF accountants, according to the OneVue/Investment Trends 2014 SMSF Accountant Report. 13% of survey respondents indicated they would start using mFund for their clients, while ...

CFA names new president and chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
The CFA Institute's Asia Pacific managing director and global head of institutional partnerships, Paul Smith, has been named as the organisation's new president and chief executive. The appointment, effective immediately, comes after an extensive global ...

Super Mario delivers huge stimulus package

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... achieving inflation rates below, but close to, 2% over the medium term." "Second, the Governing Council decided" that " the interest rate applicable to future TLTRO operations will be equal to the rate on the Eurosystem's main refinancing operations ...

Multi asset and income in favour: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
Multi-asset and income-oriented solutions are demanding the most attention from investors in the Asia Pacific, according to PIMCO's managing director for the region Eric Mogelof. Over several months, Mogelof visited clients in Australia, New Zealand ...

Central bank surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... the CHF1.20/euro line in the sand it drew way back in September 2011 and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lower its key interest rates last week. This week opened with the Danmarks Nationalbank - Denmark's central bank - surprise announcement of a 15bps ...