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Retiree living costs match CPI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... living adjustment for pensions compared to other welfare benefits which are normally linked to CPI or average wages. The surprise in the latest results is that the PBLI is rising on par with regular CPI despite retirees and pensioners having a different ...

Going for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012

Playing with a loaded dice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... North Korea and Iran. They seem like teenie-weenie small beers now, don't they? But at least, they had the element of surprise in them. They caught investors off guard. But this ones -- the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis and recession and potential dismemberment ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
The Australian sharemarket had a surprise positive opening after investors took advantage of buying opportunities in the wake of Monday's losses. At 1020 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 9.6 points, or 0.23 per cent, at 4,138.5 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... the Australian economy but I think they could be slightly disappointed," he told AAP. "I think they could get an upbeat surprise here as we have been used to recently... hopefully we get some good job numbers again and a bit of short covering coming ...

BT flags wealth "land grab"

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
BT Financial has launched a new aligned dealer brand as part of the group's broader ambition to grow by securing a larger chunk of superannuation and life insurance assets. The new brand, BT Select, is a business-to-business group targeting multi-partner ...

Not ugly enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... understand why markets go up and down depending on whether or not actual results beat consensus expectations. Sure there's the surprise factor when the unexpected happens but disappointing or beating expectations -- especially when it comes to economic ...

SMSFs need better access to alternatives: BlueSky

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
The focus by fund managers on the 'big end of town' has negatively impacted SMSFs, who have missed out on quality options for alternative returns, according to BlueSky Alternative Investments. This is despite SMSF significant cash weighting making them ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... would boost stimulus efforts in bids to turn around European economic growth. The Bank of China has also come in with a surprise rate cut, responding to weakening growth. Analysts said those actions all relate to disappointing economic conditions that ...

IMF issues buy order

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... has fallen sharply recently, and downside risks are growing" and consequently lowered its global growth forecasts. And surprise, surprise, the S&P 500 jumped by 9.4% between that WEO and the next one released on 24 January 2012. You'll probably remember ...